RESOURCES
MALNUTRITION RISK SCREENING TOOLS
TOOLS FOR PATIENTS
This screening tool comes from the Dutch Malnutrition Steering Group and takes less than 5 minutes to complete.
TOOLS FOR CLINICIANS
‘Prognostic Nutritional Index’: Screening calculation incorporating serum albumin and lymphocyte count
‘CONtrolling NUTritional status’: Screening calculation incorporating serum albumin, total
cholesterol and lymphocyte count
‘Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index’: Screening calculation incorporating albumin and body weight
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Heart Failure Society of America Education Modules
American Heart Association Diet Recommendations
American College of Cardiology Heart Healthy Diets
US Department of Agriculture
Community Servings
Nutrition Assessment and Dietary Interventions in Heart Failure: JACC Review Topic of the Week
Health of the Food Environment Is Associated With Heart Failure Mortality in the United States
Impact of Malnutrition in Patients With Heart Failure and Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: The COAPT Trial
PUBLICATIONS FROM OUR NUTRITIONHF TEAM
Controversies and Conundrums in Cardiac Cachexia: Key Questions About Wasting in Patients With HFrEF
Cardiac Cachexia in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients and the Implications of Weight Gain Early After Implantation
