Nutrition support in hospitalised adults at nutritional risk

Nutritional Risk Screening Tools in Hospitalised Children

In clinical practice, the assessment of nutritional status in children can be problematic. More than one indicator is often required: these may include anthropometric measurements, body compartment analysis and biochemical markers. The nutritional status of children at the time of admission to hospital can impact adversely on their hospital stay. Furthermore, children’s medical conditions may a...

Nutritional risk, malnutrition (undernutrition), overweight, obesity and nutrition support among hospitalized patients in Beijing teaching hospitals.

The purpose of this study was to test the suitability of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) among hospitalized patients and to determine the prevalence of nutritional risk, undernutrition, overweight, obesity, nutritional support and the changes of nutritional risk from admission to discharge or over a two-week period. A prospective descriptive design was used to describe patients' data...

Cost-Effectiveness and Value of Information Analyses of Nutritional Support in Preventing Pressure Ulcers in High Risk Hospitalised Patients.

The STRONGkids nutritional risk screening tool can be used by paediatric nurses to identify hospitalised children at risk.

AIM Hospitalised children have higher rates of undernutrition. Early detection of at-risk patients could lead to prompt preventative or corrective interventions. Several nutritional risk screening tools are available for screening hospitalised children including the STRONGkids tool. This study was designed to assess the usefulness of STRONGkids when applied by nurses rather than a paediatrician...

Giving nutrition support to critically ill adults.

Patients who become critically ill can have problems maintaining nutritional intake and it can be challenging for nurses to provide nutritional support. No one assessment method can identify each patient's risk of malnutrition, so nurses need to look at different aspects in their nutritional assessment and refer for specialist help from dietitians and nutrition support teams when needed. This a...