PMID- 30517955
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190521
LR  - 20231005
IS  - 1833-3516 (Print)
IS  - 2209-1491 (Electronic)
IS  - 1833-3516 (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 4
DP  - 2018 Dec 24
TI  - Assessment of hyperbaric patients at risk of malnutrition using the Malnutrition 
      Screening Tool - a pilot study.
PG  - 229-234
LID - 10.28920/dhm48.4.229-234 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Nutritional assessment and support is essential for wound management. 
      The hyperbaric oxygen clinic is a unique outpatient service where chronically 
      unwell patients present daily for hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) over several 
      weeks, allowing time for effective nutritional intervention. This is the first 
      study to examine the prevalence of those at risk of malnutrition in a cohort of 
      hyperbaric medical patients. METHODS: A prospective study was undertaken over six 
      months. Following consent, 39 enrolled patients had the Malnutrition Screening 
      Tool and Baseline Characteristic Collection Form completed. Those at risk of 
      malnutrition were given an option to be assessed by a dietitian to complete a 
      Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). At the completion of treatment, the patients 
      completed a questionnaire. RESULTS: Twelve of the 39 patients screened were at 
      risk of malnutrition using our screening process. Of these, all the patients with 
      available SGA results were diagnosed with moderate to severe malnutrition. 
      Patients receiving HBOT for non-healing wounds and osteoradionecrosis were most 
      at risk of malnutrition. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of patients being at risk of 
      malnutrition in our hyperbaric medical service was about one in three. 
      Malnutrition screening should be part of routine patient assessment in order to 
      ensure patients receive timely nutritional intervention. This may improve wound 
      healing.
CI  - Copyright: This article is the copyright of the authors who grant Diving and 
      Hyperbaric Medicine a non-exclusive licence to publish the article in electronic 
      and other forms.
FAU - See, Hooi Geok
AU  - See HG
AD  - Division of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Singapore General 
      Hospital, Singapore.
AD  - Corresponding author: Block 6 Level 2, Anaesthesiology Office, Singapore General 
      Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, see.hooi.geok@singhealth.com.sg.
FAU - Tan, Yan Ru
AU  - Tan YR
AD  - Division of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Singapore General 
      Hospital, Singapore.
FAU - Au-Yeung, Kwan Leong
AU  - Au-Yeung KL
AD  - Department of Accident and Emergency, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
FAU - Bennett, Michael H
AU  - Bennett MH
AD  - Department of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, 
      Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Australia
TA  - Diving Hyperb Med
JT  - Diving and hyperbaric medicine
JID - 101282742
SB  - IM
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Hyperbaric Oxygenation
MH  - Male
MH  - *Malnutrition/diagnosis
MH  - Mass Screening/instrumentation/*methods
MH  - *Nutrition Assessment
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - *Wound Healing
PMC - PMC6355311
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chronic wounds
OT  - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
OT  - Nutrition assessment
OT  - Outpatients
OT  - Prevalence
COIS- Conflicts of interest nil
EDAT- 2018/12/06 06:00
MHDA- 2019/05/22 06:00
PMCR- 2019/12/24
CRDT- 2018/12/06 06:00
PHST- 2018/01/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/11/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/12/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/12/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/05/22 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/12/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.28920/dhm48.4.229-234 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Diving Hyperb Med. 2018 Dec 24;48(4):229-234. doi: 10.28920/dhm48.4.229-234.