After reading the physician's history and physical, identify any signs or symptoms that support the diagnosis of malnutrition using the proposed definitions of malnutrition by AND/ASPEN malnutrition guidelines
What will be an ideal response?
• feelings of weakness, lack of energy
• decreased temperature
• cachectic appearance, appears older than years
• noted temporal wasting
• dry mucous membranes with petechiae (nose), dry mucous membranes (throat)
• reduced strength on neurologic exam
• decreased muscle tone in extremities, noted loss of lean mass in quadriceps and gastrocnemius, +1 pedal edema
• dry skin with ecchymosis
• shallow respirations (decreased muscle tone in diaphragm), increased respiratory rate
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