NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF CLINICALLY EVIDENT NUTRITIONAL DEPLETION DESPITE NORMAL BMI IN A PATIENT WITH DYSPHAGIA AND ACUTE KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION: A CASE REPORT
Background:Malnutrition in hospitalized patients may remain unrecognized when nutritional assessment relies primarily on body mass index (BMI). Nutritional management becomes particularly challenging when reduced nutritional intake coexists with dysphagia, acute illness, and kidney dysfunction. This case describes the...