CHAPTER 7. NUTRITION 175 TABLE 7.3 Subjective Global Assessment Summary HISTORY 1. Weight change Overall loss in past 6 months: amount % Change in past 2 weeks increase no change decrease 2. Dietary intake change (relative to normal) no change e Duration suboptimal solid diet full liquid diet hy pocaloric liquids starvation 3. Gastrointestinal symptoms(persisting for >2 weeks) nausea-vomiting diarrhea anorexia 4. Functional capacity no dysfunction(e. g, full capacity) dysfunction Duration: T working suboptimally PHYSICAL EXAMINATION For each trait, specify a rating as follows 0=normal, 1+=mild, 2+= moderate, 3+=severe loss of subcutaneous fat(triceps, chest) muscle wasting(quadriceps, deltoids) ankle edema sacral edema SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT RATING(select one) ell nourished B= moderately (or suspected of being) malnourished C severely malnourished From Detsky AS, McLaughlin JR, Baker JP, et al. What is subjective global assessment?) Parent Ent Nutr1987;11(1):8