Nutritional insufficiency (malnutrition) in older adults. Clinical recommendations

This document is a clinical guideline on malnutrition in elderly and senile patients, developed by experts from the Russian Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians, the National Association of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, the Union of Nutritionists, Nutritionists, and Food Industry Specialists. The Scientific and Practical Council of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation approved the document in December 2020. Clinical recommendations are aimed at geriatricians who provide assistance in outpatient and inpatient conditions, general practitioners, general practitioners, nutritionists, anesthesiologists-resuscitators, clinical pharmacologists, and rehabilitologists. The document outlines the principles of screening, diagnosis of malnutrition syndrome, approaches to managing, preventing, and rehabilitating patients with malnutrition, and organizing medical care for this category of persons and criteria for quality control of its provision.