Nutrition screening to identify patients at risk of malnutrition is vital for cancer patients because of the high prevalence of malnutrition in this population. The aim of the present study was to compare different methods of nutrition assessment in patients with tumors. From June 2013 to June 2014, we conducted an observational multicenter study to compare the assessment of nutritional status ...

Knowledge concerning nutritional status of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is limited. Nutritional Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002) has been used to evaluate the nutritional aspects of patients according to the recommendation of European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Here we aim to assess the prevalence and characteristics of nutritional risk in CKD patients by using N...

Background and aim: Pressure ulcers (PUs) and malnutrition represent a significant health problem for hospital inpatients. Satisfactory nutritional status is crucial for proper wound healing. Risk of malnutrition can be identified using standardized screening tools, such as the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS) 2002. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine whether nutritional statu...

BACKGROUND The usefulness of the nutritional screening tool Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form - Version II (MEONF-II) relative to Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) remains untested. Here we attempted to fill this gap by testing the diagnostic performance and user-friendliness of the MEONF-II and the NRS 2002 in relation to the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) among hospita...

Aim: The assessment of the nutritional status hospitalized patients is important to detect individuals who are under malnourishment risk and malnutrition-related conditions. present study aimed screen with Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) screening compare results two methods in predicting malnutrition. Materials Methods: NRS-2002 SGA were administer...

The presence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients is prevalent and studies show its association with a higher incidence complications, mortality, length stay, costs, increased frequency hospital readmission. Routine use simple tracking procedures recommended. Nutritional screening detects individuals who are malnourished or at risk developing malnutrition, can receive specific nutritional s...

BACKGROUND Current knowledge on the pervasiveness of increased nutritional risk in cardiovascular diseases is limited. Our aim was to analyze the characteristics of nutritional risk screening in patients scheduled for rehabilitation after heart surgery. Prevalence and extent of nutritional risk were studied in connection with patients' characteristics and seasonal climate effects on weight loss...

BACKGROUND Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and the Trauma Injury Severity Score (TRISS) are physiological and anatomical severity scores to predict trauma outcome. Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002) is used for the screening of nutritional risk, which can affect outcome adversely. The objective of this study was to determine the reliability of these scales to pr...

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...

AIM The aim of this study was to assess the preoperative nutritional status of patients undergoing thoracic surgery using different nutritional tools. MATERIAL AND METHOD . We conducted a prospective study on a sample of 43 thoracic patients, including 23 with neoplasms and 20 with non-neoplastic pathology who underwent thoracic surgery procedures between July-September 2011, in the Thoracic ...