must_guideline v.0
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) Identifies patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
Patients at risk for malnutrition. Per BAPEN guidelines, patients should be screened at the following intervals: Hospital inpatients: weekly. Patients in community care homes: monthly. Outpatients: annually if low risk, monthly to every 3 months depending on clinical status if not low risk.
Routine use of this screening tool can objectively identify patients who are at risk of malnutrition or suffering from malnourishment. Subsequent intervention can mitigate poorer health outcomes.
Do not use in patients <18 years old
Stratton RJ, Hackston A, Longmore D, Dixon R, Price S, Stroud M, King C, Elia M. Malnutrition in hospital outpatients and inpatients: prevalence, concurrent validity and ease of use of the 'malnutrition universal screening tool' ('MUST') for adults. Br J Nutr. 2004 Nov;92(5):799-808. doi: 10.1079/bjn20041258. Boléo-Tomé C, Monteiro-Grillo I, Camilo M, Ravasco P. Validation of the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) in cancer. Br J Nutr. 2012 Jul;108(2):343-8. doi: 10.1017/S000711451100571X. Epub 2011 Dec 6. Sharma Y, Thompson C, Kaambwa B, Shahi R, Miller M. Validity of the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) in Australian hospitalized acutely unwell elderly patients. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2017;26(6):994-1000. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.022017.15. Murphy J, Mayor A, Forde E. Identifying and treating older patients with malnutrition in primary care: the MUST screening tool. Br J Gen Pract. 2018 Jul;68(672):344-345. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X697853
openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.basic_demographic, openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.malnutrition_universal_screening_tool, openEHR-EHR-EVALUATION.health_risk_must
