Nutritional status should be a basic vital sign

YU Kai-ying; LIU Li-hui; SHI Han-ping

doi:10.16689/j.cnki.cn11－9349/r.2019.04.001

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Electronic Journal of Metabolism and Nutrition of Cancer ›› 2019, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (4) : 391-395. DOI: 10.16689/j.cnki.cn11－9349/r.2019.04.001

Nutritional status should be a basic vital sign

YU Kai-ying, LIU Li-hui, SHI Han-ping

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The vital signs, including body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure, are subject to routine examinations on admission. Besides these four primary vital signs, nutritional status could be another essential vital sign. Nutritional status is closely associated with the therapeutic efficacy, clinical outcomes, complication rate, length of hospital stay, and medical costs. Nutritional imbalance, both over- and undernutrition, has an impact on several aspects such as physiology, psychology, society, and economy. Malnutrition not only has a personal effect on the patient, it also affects the family and even the next generation （s）. Therefore, nutritional status should be considered as a primary vital sign and recorded on the body temperature sheet on admission as a routine.

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YU Kai-ying, LIU Li-hui, SHI Han-ping. Nutritional status should be a basic vital sign[J]. Electronic Journal of Metabolism and Nutrition of Cancer. 2019, 6(4): 391-395 https://doi.org/10.16689/j.cnki.cn11－9349/r.2019.04.001

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