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Thorax 62:835 doi:10.1136/thx.2006.075051
  • Letters

NICE guidance for screening for malnutrition: implications for lung cancer services

  1. Alpna Chauhan1,
  2. Vanessa Siddall1,
  3. Andrew Wilcock1,
  4. Sugamya Mallawathantri2,
  5. David R Baldwin2,
  6. Ian D Johnston2
  1. 1Department of Palliative Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
  2. 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Alpna Chauhan
    Department of Palliative Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK; alpna.chauhan{at}nuh.nhs.uk

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on nutrition support in adults recommends screening all outpatients at their first clinic appointment to identify those who have malnutrition or are at risk of malnutrition.1 A recent study of inpatients with cancer also suggests outpatient screening to improve the early identification of patients who …

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