Medical nutrition therapy for ALS: Dietitians' approaches to diagnosing malnutrition, facilitating feeding tube discussions, and mitigating refeeding syndrome risk
ALS RDs play a critical and multifaceted role in managing nutrition-related ALS care. There is a need for ALS-specific malnutrition criteria and standard protocols to manage refeeding syndrome in the outpatient setting. RDs' involvement in G-tube discussions underscores their role in supporting patients in medical decision-making.
Authors
- Amy Ellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8391-1296)
- Roy McGuire
- Stephanie Dobak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-9629)
- Keith Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3645-5624)
Institutions
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- University of Alabama (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrition in Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2025-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ncp.70069
- Primary Topic
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00