BACKGROUND The nutritional risk screening (NRS 2002) has been applied increasingly in patients who underwent abdominal surgery for nutritional risk assessment. However, the usefulness of the NRS 2002 for predicting is controversial. This meta-analysis was to examine whether a preoperative evaluation of nutritional risk by NRS 2002 provided prediction of postoperative outcomes in patients underg...

Malnutrition is a common problem in patients with end-stage liver disease requiring liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate nutritional status by using nutritional screening tools [Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS) 2002, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and Subjective Global Assessment (SGA)] in patients before and after liver transplantation. We analyzed medical...

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare three nutritional screening tools with the new GLIM criteria for malnutrition among definitive elective surgery Crohn’s patients in China. Methods Nutritional tools, including tool IBD (NS-IBD), Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002), Prognostic Nutrition Index (PNI) were applied 212 We compared diagnostic values these malnutrition, ...

Background: The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) has recommended the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®), the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS), and the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) for nutritional screening in various settings and age groups. While in recent years all three tools have been applied to nursing home residents, there is still no con...

It is unknown whether nutritional status influences pain intensity in cancer patients receiving a transdermal fentanyl patch (FP). This study aimed to determine whether nutritional status is associated with pain intensity and to evaluate the influence of changes in nutritional status on pain intensity in cancer patients receiving transdermal FP treatment. We included 92 patients receiving trans...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To verify the validity of the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS) 2002 test in a Turkish population. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively investigated 2566 patients at a tertiary referral hospital. Nutritional status was screened using NRS 2002, and the length of the stay (LOS) was the main outcome measure. Hospital stays >10 days were accepted as prolonged LOS. NRS scores ≥3 w...

Introduction: the evaluation of malnutrition in elderly can be based on anthropometric measurements, biochemical parameters, nutritional tests and calf circumference is one methods evaluation. Objective: To evaluate usefulness as a marker relation to Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) plasma albumin older adults hospitalized at Hospital Geriatrico Prof. ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to compare five commonly used malnutrition screening tools against an acknowledged definition of malnutrition in one hospital inpatient sample. BACKGROUND Early identification and intervention of malnutrition in hospital patients may prevent later complications. Several screening tools have reported their diagnostic accuracy, but the criterion ...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease with high incidence and morbidity, which threatens the health of people. This study aims to investigate nutritional risk status TB inpatients its correlation prognosis.

This study evaluated the prognostic effects of nutritional risk scores and performance status (PS) on unresectable locally advanced esophageal cancer (LAEC) patients who were treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). A total of 202 LAEC patients from four different cancer centers were retrospectively reviewed. Nutritional risk and PS were measured using the Nutritional Risk S...