Applicability of three nutritional screening tools in patients with liver cirrhosis under the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition criteria / 临床肝胆病杂志

Objective To investigate whether Royal Free Hospital Nutritional Prioritizing Tool (RFH-NPT) is more suitable than Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) in nutritional risk screening for patients with liver cirrhosis, as well as the applicability of subjective global assessment (SGA) in the nutritional assessment of patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods A total of 113 patients with liver cirrhosis who were hospitalized in Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from August 2020 to June 2021 were enrolled. RFH-NPT and NRS-2002 were used for nutritional risk screening, and SGA was used for nutritional assessment. The results of these tools were compared with the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria, and sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated for the three tools. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated for each screening tool, and the association between nutritional status and short-term prognosis was analyzed. The independent samples t -test or the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of continuous data between two groups, and the chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between two groups. The Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation of GLIM criteria with NRS2002, RFH-NPT and SGA. Results According to the GLIM criteria, 69.9% of the patients were diagnosed with malnutrition, and RFH-NPT and NRS2002 screened out that 72.6% and 51.3%, respectively, of the patients had nutritional risk, while SGA assessment showed that 57.5% of the patients had malnutrition. Compared with NRS2002, RFH-NPT had a higher degree of correlation with the GLIM criteria ( r =0.764, P < 0.001), higher sensitivity (94.9%) and NPV (87.1%), and a better predictive value (AUC=0.872, 95% confidence interval [ CI ]: 0.786-0.957). Under the GLIM criteria, SGA had good specificity (88.2%) in the diagnosis of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis, with fair sensitivity (77.2%), good correlation ( r =0.607, P < 0.001), and good predictive value (AUC=0.827, 95% CI : 0.744-0.911). Based on the GLIM criteria, SGA assessment, and RFH-NPT assessment, the patients with nutritional risk or malnutrition tended to have a longer length of hospital stay ( Z= -3.301, -2.812, and -3.813, all P < 0.05) and a higher rehospitalization rate ( χ 2 =3.957, 6.922, and 6.766, all P < 0.05). Based on the GLIM criteria and NRS2002 assessment, the patients with nutritional risk or malnutrition had a significant increase in mortality rate within 3 months ( χ 2 =4.511 and 0.776, both P < 0.05). Conclusion Under the GLIM criteria, RFH-NPT is more suitable than NRS2002 for nutritional risk screening of patients with liver cirrhosis, and SGA also has good applicability in nutritional assessment of patients with liver cirrhosis. In addition, GLIM criteria, SGA, and RFH-NPT are associated with the clinical outcome of patients.

Clinical observation of filiform fire needling on moderate and severe pain in advanced cancer / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the clinical effect of filiform fire needling on moderate and severe pain in advanced cancer.@*METHODS@#A total of 66 patients with moderate and severe pain in advanced cancer were randomly divided into an observation group (34 cases, 4 cases dropped off) and a control group (32 cases, 2 cases dropped off). The two groups were treated with oral analgesics continuously for 4 weeks. The moderate pain patients was given bucinnazine hydrochloride tablets (starting at 30 mg, once every 6 hours, increasing by 30%-50% until the titration volume was reached), and the severe pain patients were given oxycodone hydrochloride sustained-release tablets (starting at 20 mg every 12 hours and increasing by 25%-50% until the titration volume was reached). The observation group was cooperated with filiform fire needling at point, Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan(CV 4), Quchi (LI 11) and Waiguan (TE 5) once every other day for 4 weeks. The changes of numerical rating scales (NRS) scores were observed in both groups before and after treatment, and the amount of analgesics and the incidence of adverse reactions were recorded. The clinical effects in the two groups were evaluated.@*RESULTS@#The effective rate was 90.0% (27/30) in the observation group, which was higher than 66.7% (20/30) in the control group (<0.05). After treatment, the NRS scores of both groups were lower than those before treatment (<0.05), and the reducing degree in the observation group was larger than that in the control group (<0.05). The average dosage of bunarizine hydrochloride tablets and oxycodone hydrochloride sustained release tablets to titration volume in the observation group was less than that in the control group (<0.05). The incidence of adverse reactions was 23.3% (28/120) in the observation group, which was lower than 44.2% (53/120) in the control group (<0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#Filiform fire needling can alleviate pain symptoms of patients with moderate and severe pain in advanced cancer, reduce the amount of analgesics, and decrease the incidence of adverse reactions.

Asociación de tamizaje de riesgo nutricional y riesgo nutricional en el enfermo crítico con días de ventilación mecánica en pacientes críticos / Association of nutritional risk screening and nutritional risk in the critically ill with days of mechanical ventilation in critical patients / Associação de triagem de risco nutricional e risco nutricional em pacientes críticos com dias de ventilação mecânica em pacientes críticos

Resumen: Introducción: A causa del estado proinflamatorio y de catabolismo que los caracteriza, los pacientes críticos tienen un riesgo elevado de presentar malnutrición, lo cual puede, en combinación con otros factores, contribuir a la disfunción de los músculos respiratorios e incrementar la duración de la ventilación mecánica. La herramienta NUTRIC modificada ha mostrado su capacidad de identificar aquellos pacientes críticos con mayor riesgo nutricional y de correlacionarse con los resultados clínicos. Objetivo: El objetivo de este estudio fue comparar la puntuación NRS y NUTRIC con los días de ventilación mecánica en pacientes críticos adultos. Material y métodos: Cohorte retrospectiva observacional de 60 pacientes hospitalizados en la UCIA donde se comparó la puntuación NRS y NUTRIC con los días de ventilación mecánica en pacientes críticos adultos. Se utilizaron los registros diarios de pacientes de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos de Adultos y expedientes electrónicos, de los que se obtuvieron datos demográficos, médicos, puntuación NUTRIC y NRS. Resultados: La edad promedio en este estudio fue 43 ± 18 años, y 63% (38) fue del sexo femenino. El promedio de la puntuación APACHE fue de 19.9 ± 9, y el de la puntuación SOFA de 10.1 ± 4.8. El NUTRIC score tuvo una media de 5 ± 1.9 puntos, y el NRS, de 3.5 ± 1.1 puntos. Los pacientes requirieron de ventilación mecánica en un promedio de 4.6 ± 4.1 días. Conclusión: Se encontró una correlación significativa entre la puntuación NUTRIC score modificado con los días de ventilación mecánica, contrario a lo encontrado al correlacionar con la puntuación NRS. En el grupo de pacientes con puntuación NUTRIC alta tuvo un número significativamente mayor de defunciones, en comparación con aquéllos con puntuación baja.

Abstract: Introduction: Because of the proinflammatory state and catabolism that characterizes the critically ill patients have a high risk of malnutrition, which may, in combination with other factors, contribute to the dysfunction of the respiratory muscles and increase the duration of ventilation mechanics. The modified NUTRIC tool has shown its capacity to identify critically ill patients with greater nutritional risk and to correlate with clinical results. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the NRS and NUTRIC score with the days of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients. Material and methods: Observational retrospective cohort of 60 patients hospitalized in the ICU, where the NRS and NUTRIC scores were compared with the days of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients. Daily records of patients of the Intensive Care Unit of Adults and electronic files were used, from which demographic, medical, NUTRIC and NRS scores were obtained. Results: The average age in this study was 43 ± 18 years, and 63% (38) were female. The average of the APACHE score was 19.9 ± 9, and that of the SOFA score of 10.1 ± 4.8. The NUTRIC score had an average of 5 ± 1.9 points, and the NRS, of 3.5 ± 1.1 points. The patients required mechanical ventilation an average of 4.6 ± 4.1 days. Conclusion: A significant correlation was found between the NUTRIC score modified with the days of mechanical ventilation, contrary to what was found when correlating with the NRS score. In the group of patients with high NUTRIC score had a significantly higher number of deaths, compared with those with low score.

Resumo: Introdução: Por causa do estado pró-inflamatório e catabólico que os caracteriza, os pacientes graves apresentam alto risco de desnutrição, o que pode em combinação com outros fatores contribuir para a disfunção dos músculos respiratórios e aumentar a duração da ventilação mecânica. A ferramenta NUTRIC modificada mostrou sua capacidade de identificar pacientes críticos com maior risco nutricional e correlacionar com os resultados clínicos. Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar os escores NRS e NUTRIC com os dias de ventilação mecânica em pacientes adultos em estado críticos. Métodos: Coorte retrospectivo observacional de 60 pacientes internados na UTI, onde os escores NRS e NUTRIC foram comparados com os dias de ventilação mecânica em pacientes adultos em estado crítico. Foram utilizados registros diários dos pacientes da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva de Adultos e arquivos eletrônicos, dos quais foram obtidos os dados demográficos, médicos, escore NUTRIC e NRS. Resultados: A média de idade neste estudo foi de 43 ± 18 anos e 63% (38) eram do sexo feminino. O promédio da pontuação APACHE foi de 19.9 ± 9, e a pontuação SOFA foi de 10.1 ± 4.8. O escore NUTRIC apresentou média de 5 ± 1.9 pontos, e o NRS, de 3.5 ± 1.1 pontos. Os pacientes necessitaram de ventilação mecânica em média 4.6 ± 4.1 dias. Conclusão: Foi encontrada correlação significativa entre a pontuação escore NUTRIC modificado com os dias de ventilação mecânica, ao contrário do que foi encontrado quando correlacionado com o escore NRS. No grupo de pacientes com pontuação NUTRIC alta, houve um número significativamente maior de óbitos comparados àqueles com pontuação baixa.

Low Calf Circumference Predicts Nutritional Risks in Hospitalized Patients Aged More Than 80 Years / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

OBJECTIVE@#The aim of this study was to determine whether low calf circumference (CC) could predict nutritional risk and the cutoff values of CC for predicting nutritional risk in hospitalized patients aged ⪖ 80 years.@*METHODS@#A total of 1,234 consecutive patients aged ⪖ 80 years were enrolled in this study. On admission, demographic data, CC, and laboratory parameters were obtained. Patients with Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) total score ⪖ 3 were considered as having nutritional risk.@*RESULTS@#CC values were significantly lower in patients with nutritional risk compared to those in patients without nutritional risk [27.00 (24.50-31.00) vs. 31.00 (29.00-33.50], P < 0.001]. CC was negatively correlated with age and nutritional risk scores. Logistic regression analysis of nutritional risk revealed that body mass index, albumin level, hemoglobin level, cerebral infarction, neoplasms, and CC (OR, 0.897; 95% confidence interval, 0.856-0.941; P < 0.001) were independent impact factors of nutritional risk. Nutritional risk scores increased with a decrease in CC. In men, the best CC cutoff value for predicting nutritional risk according to the NRS-2002 was 29.75 cm. In women, the cutoff value was 28.25 cm.@*CONCLUSION@#CC is a simple, noninvasive, and valid anthropometric measure to predict nutritional risk for hospitalized patients aged ⪖ 80 years.

Triagem de risco nutricional em unidade de terapia intensiva: análise da concordância entre as ferramentas Nutric e NRS-2002 / Nutritional risk screening in an intensive care unit: analysis of agreement between the Nutric and NRS-2002 tools

Introdução: A American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) recomenda que todos os pacientes admitidos em UTI sejam submetidos à triagem nutricional. A proposta é o uso de duas ferramentas, o Nutritional Risk Screening ­ 2002 (NRS-2002) e o Nutrition Risk in the Critically Ill (NUTRIC), por meio das quais os pacientes são classificados como "em risco nutricional" e "risco nutricional alto". Objetivo: Comparar os riscos nutricionais detectados e analisar a concordância entre duas ferramentas de triagem nutricional recomendadas pela ASPEN (NUTRIC e NRS-2002). Métodos: Estudo de coorte retrospectivo realizado nas UTIs de dois centros hospitalares do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição (GHC), na região sul do Brasil. Foram incluídos pacientes adultos (≥ 18 anos) internados há mais de 24 horas nas UTIs. Os dados foram obtidos através de consulta ao prontuário dos pacientes, e coletados de maneira retrospectiva. Resultados: Foram incluídos no estudo 208 pacientes adultos internados nas UTIs de dois hospitais do GHC. Houve predominância do sexo masculino (>60%), e pacientes do centro 1 apresentaram idade mediana maior que o centro 2 [63 anos (50-73) vs 53 anos (39-63), respectivamente]. Pacientes do centro 1 apresentaram IMC marcadamente menor, e mais altos índices prognósticos APACHE e SOFA. O tempo de ventilação mecânica foi igual nos dois centros (mediana = 6 dias), e os pacientes do centro 1 evoluíram para óbito com maior frequência que os pacientes do centro 2 (55,6% vs 14,7%, respectivamente). A análise da concordância entre as ferramentas resultou em concordância fraca entre elas (Kappa < 0,4). Na amostra geral, quase metade dos pacientes foi classificada como em risco nutricional alto pelo NUTRIC, enquanto pelo NRS-2002, apenas e aproximadamente um terço. (AU)

Comparison of efficacy and safety of two different parameters of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

@#AIM:To compare the efficacy of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation(TSCP)with two different laser parameters.<p>METHODS: A total of 46 cases with refractory glaucoma(46 eyes)who underwent TSCP from January 2014 to December 2018 were analyzed retrospectively. According to the laser parameters, all cases were divided into low-power group(treated by low-power TSCP)and conventional parameter group(treated by conventional parameter TSCP). Intraocular pressures(IOP), best-corrected visual acuity(BCVA), number of anti-glaucoma drugs and complications were observed and compared between the two groups.<p>RESULTS: There was no significant difference of IOP between the two groups at postoperative 1d, 1wk, 1mo and 3mo(all <i>P</i>>0.05). The total success rate was 87% in the low-power group while 83% in the conventional parameter group(<i>P</i>=1.000).The overall incidence of complications of the low-power group(39%)was lower than that of the conventional parameter group(78%)(<i>P</i>=0.007)at postoperative 3mo. The early postoperative pain score of the low-power group was significantly lower than that of the conventional parameter group(<i>P</i>=0.007).<p>CONCLUSION:Compared with conventional parameters, TSCP with lower power may reduce IOP similarly with less pain and fewer complications.

Evaluating the Nutritional Status of Oncology Patients and Its Association with Quality of Life / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The primary aim of the study was to compare two nutritional status evaluation tools: the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002). Using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30), the second aim was to provide constructive advice regarding the quality of life of patients with malignancy.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>This study enrolled 312 oncology patients and assessed their nutritional status and quality of life using the PG-SGA, NRS-2002, and EORTC QLQ-C30.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The data indicate that 6% of the cancer patients were well nourished. The SGA-A had a higher sensitivity (93.73%) but a poorer specificity (2.30%) than the NRS-2002 (69.30% and 25.00%, respectively) after comparison with albumin. There was a low negative correlation and a high similarity between the PG-SGA and NRS-2002 for evaluating nutritional status, and there was a significant difference in the median PG-SGA scores for each of the SGA classifications (P < 0.001). The SGA-C group showed the highest PG-SGA scores and lowest body mass index. The majority of the target population received 2 points for each item in our 11-item questionnaire from the EORTC QLQ-C30.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The data indicate that the PG-SGA is more useful and suitable for evaluating nutritional status than the NRS-2002. Additionally, early nutrition monitoring can prevent malnutrition and improve the quality of life of cancer patients.</p>

Clinical Observations on Acupuncture plus Lumbar Vertebra-stabilizing Muscle Group Training for Treatment of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation / 上海针灸杂志

Objective To investigate the clinical improving effect on the symptoms of acupuncture at point Weizhong(BL40) plus following lumbar vertebra-stabilizing core muscle group training in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. Method Sixty patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation were randomized to a treatment group (30 cases) and a control group (30 cases). The treatment group received acupuncture at point Weizhong plus following lumbar vertebra-stabilizing core muscle group training and the control group, oral administration of celecoxib capsules. After treatment, the clinical improving effect on the symptoms was evaluated in the patients using the NRS, JOA Lumbar Scoring and ODI. Result The total efficacy rate was 100% in the treatment group and 53.3%in the control group. Post-treatment NRS, JOA and ODI scores were better in the treatment group than in the control group; there were statistically significant differences (P<0.001). Conclusion Acupuncture at point Weizhong plus following lumbar vertebra-stabilizing core muscle group training can effectively treat lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.

Observations on the Medium-and Long-term Efficacies of Superficial Needling Therapy for Lumbodorsal Myofacial Pain Syndrome / 上海针灸杂志

Objective To investigate the medium-and long-term clinical efficacies of superficial needling therapy for lumbodorsal myofacial pain syndrome.Method Three thousand two hundred and fifty-one patients with lumbodorsal myofacial pain syndrome were randomly allocated to a superficial needling group of 1753 cases and an acupuncturegroupof 1498 cases.Seventy-threepatients in the superficial needling group and 105 patients in the acupuncture group did not complete the required courses of treatment and were lost to follow-up.The others in the two groups completed therequiredcourses of treatment and were followed up.After three courses of treatment, the clinical therapeutic effects were compared using the pain score at the end of treatment and at three and six months and one year after.Thereturn visit rates were also compared.Result There was a significant difference in the pain score (NRS score) between the two groupsat the end of treatment (P<0.01), which was significantly lower in the superficial needling group than in the acupuncturegroup, and a difference between the twogroupsat three months after.There was no significant difference in the pain score between the two groupsat six months after and no difference between the two groupsat one year after.There were no differences in clinical the rapeutic effect and the return visit rate between the two groupsat six months and one year after.Conclusion A clinical observation with a large sample shows that superficial needling has a good short-term therapeutic effect on lumbodorsal myofacial pain syndrome and is a safe and effective method, but its medium-and long-term the rapeutic effects are notgood enough.

The situation about cognitive performance of critical care staffs in nutrition therapy for mechanical ventilated COPD patients in county hospitals / 中华急诊医学杂志

Objective To investigate the situation about cognitive performance of critical care staffs in nutrition therapy for mechanical ventilated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in county hospitals.Methods A chart of questionnaire about nutrition therapy was formulated according to the current guidelines.Critical care staffs from 12 hospitals of county-level of Hang Zhou city were enrolled.The role of staffs in management of nutritional therapy for patients was observed to assess their cognitive performance and influence factors were analyzed according logistic analysis.Results A total of 137 staffs were enrolled.Almost all of the staffs thought that nutrition therapy for ventilated COPD patients was very important.About 90％ of the staffs never heard about the use of NRS2002 (nutritional risk screening 2002)to evaluation COPD patients but the rate of using it was higher among senior staffs (OR =1.08,95％ CI:1.01-1.16,P =0.04).Most of staffs assess the nutritional status of patients according to biomarkers and other methods.However,doctors might assess nutritional status more often according to their experience.The majority of staffs did choose enteral nutrition for patients especially seen in doctors and senior staffs (OR =3.10 and1.13,95％ CI:1.27-7.55 and 1.03-1.23,both P =0.01).For those without malnutrition,senior staffs did not choose parenteral nutrition (OR =0.14,95％ CI:0.04-0.57,P =0.01).Besides,senior staffs did not continue the enteral nutrition in patients with unstable haemodynamics (OR =1.10,95％ CI:1.03-1.16,P =0.002).Most of staffs considered that the head piece of bed was raised up to 30-45 degree and gastric residual volume monitoring was very important.However,compared with nurses,the cognitive performance of doctors was poorer (OR =0.39,95％ CI:0.18-0.83,P =0.01).Most of staffs thought that the nutrition therapy implementation checklist was necessary but it was used in only 20％ institutions.The understanding and demand for nutritional knowledge was more urgent among doctors than nurses (OR =3.13 and 5.33,95％ CI:1.45-6.75 and 1.13-25.02,P =0.004 and 0.03).Conclusions Nutrition therapy was important for ventilated COPD patients,but the staffs were not very familiar with nutritional knowledge.The cognitive performance of medical staffs was influenced by their profession and experience of practice.

Comparison of PG-SGA, NRS 2002 and BIA in nutritional assessment and screening of patients with gynecologic cancers / 肠外与肠内营养

Objective:To evaluate the application of PG-SGA,NRS 2002 and BIA in nutritional assessment and screening of patients with gynecologic cancers.Methods:118 patients were randomly selected.Nutritional status were evaluated by PG-SGA,NRS 2002 and BIA,and consistency between each tools were compared.Results:The prevalence of malnutrition or nutritional risk of patients were 64.4％ (PG-SGA),57.6％ (NRS 2002),and 33.9％ (BIA) respectively.In all patients,the consistency of PG-SGA and NRS 2002 was high (P ＜ 0.001),while there were not significantly consistent between BIA and PG-SGA,or between BIA and NRS 2002 (P ＜ 0.001).Conclusion:According to the evaluation of PG-SGA or NRS 2002 in gynecologic patients,the prevalence of malnutrition or nutritional risk is high,and these two scales are suitable for nutritional assessment and screening of gynecologic cancer patients,especially in ovarian cancer patients.In addition,BIA may be a promising tool to evaluate cervical cancer patients' nutritional status.

Clinical significance of the M-POSSUM, NRS2002 in predicting surgical risk of general surgery / 中国现代普通外科进展

Objective:To evaluate the effect of M-POSSUM and NRS2002 in predicting the postoperative complications and mortality of abdominal surgery in general surgery.Methods:The M-POSSUM score and NRS2002 score of 121 patients undergoing abdominal major surgery in Department of general surgery were measured by continuous fixed-point sampling,and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was compared between the two methods.The levels of serum albumin,prealbumin and complications were recorded 1,3 and 7 days after operation.Results:The scores of M-POSSUM and NRS2002 in the complication group were significantly higher than those in the non complication group.The difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).The scores of M-POSSUM and NRS2002 in the death group were significantly higher than those in the survival group(P＜0.05).The area under curve(AUC) of M-POSSUM,NRS2002 score and the combination of the two methods were 0.795,0.714 and 0.826 respectively.The AUC for predicting mortality were 0.904,0.871,and 0.935,respectively.Albumin and prealbumin were significantly lower than those before operation on 1 day,3 day and 7 day(P＜0.05).The values of albumin and prealbumin in the patients without complications increased significantly on the 7 day after surgery(P＜0.05).There was no significant difference between the patients with complications and the 3 days after operation(P＞0.05).Conclusion:M-POSSUM score and NRS2002 score can effectively predict the complications and mortality after general surgery.Patients with major abdominal surgery have higher nutritional risk,and albumin and prealbumin are significantly lower than those before operation,suggesting that the incidence of complications may increase.

Determinación del riesgo nutricional en pacientes hospitalizados en el HIGA Eva Perón / Nutritional risk in hospitalized patients at HIGA Eva Peron

Numerosos estudios han demostrado que la desnutrición hospitalaria compromete la recuperación del paciente, prolonga el tiempo de internación y aumenta las probabilidades de infección y morbimortalidad. En Argentina la prevalencia de desnutrición hospitalaria es del 47% según el estudio AANEP 99. Se recomienda realizar una evaluación nutricional más exhaustiva en los individuos en riesgo para profundizar el diagnóstico y determinar un tratamiento precoz, adecuado a sus necesidades. Objetivo. Determinar el riesgo nutricional de los pacientes al ingreso hospitalario durante el periodo comprendido entre el 7 y el 20 de diciembre de 2015. Materiales y Métodos. Estudio descriptivo transversal que admitió sólo pacientes mayores de 14 años. Se utilizó el Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) como herramienta de recolección de datos. Resultados. Demostraron riesgo nutricional (puntaje ≥ 3 NRS 2002) veinticuatro (31,2%) de los setenta y siete pacientes valorados. Todos los pacientes admitidos en Unidades de Cuidados Críticos estaban en riesgo nutricional, situación que sólo correspondió a 23 % de los internados en Clínica Médica y en Cirugía General. Conclusión. La prevalencia de desnutrición intrahospitalaria en los hospitales modernos es equiparable a la detectada hace más de 50 años. Conocer el estado nutricional de los pacientes es fundamental para instaurar el tratamiento adecuado y optimizar la utilización de recursos orientándolos a los individuos que presenten características que denoten mayor riesgo

Numerosos estudos tem demonstrado que a desnutrição hospitalar compromete a recuperação do paciente, acrescenta o tempo de internação e as probabilidades de infecção bem como a morbimortalidade. Na Argentina la incidência de desnutrição hospitalar é de 47%, de acordo com o estudo AANEP 99.Recomenda-se realizar uma avaliação nutricional mais exaustiva nos casos de risco para aprofundar o diagnóstico e determinar um tratamento precoce, de acordo com suas necessidades.Objetivo. Determinar o risco nutricional dos pacientes no ingresso hospitalar durante o período compreendido entre 7 e 20 de dezembro de 2015. Materiais e Métodos. Estudo descritivo transversal feito apenas sobre pacientes maiores de 14 anos. Foi usado o Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) como ferramenta para coleta de dados. Resultados. Demonstraram risco nutricional (pontagem ≥ 3 NRS 2002) vinte-e-quatro (31,2%) dos setenta e sete pacientes avaliados. Todos os paciente admitidos em Unidades de Cuidados Críticos estavam em risco nutricional, situação que apenas correspondeu a 23 % dos internados em Clínica Médica e em Cirurgia Geral. Conclusão. A prevalência de desnutrição intra-hospitalar nos hospitais modernos pode ser equiparável à detectada há mais de 50 anos. Conhecer o estado nutricional dos pacientes é fundamental para aplicar o tratamento adequado e otimizar a utilização de recursos orientando-os para aqueles que apresentem características que se encontrem em maior risco

Numerous studies have shown that hospital malnutrition lengthen hospitalization, compromises patients´ recovery and increases infection and morbimortality rates. In Argentine, AANEP 99 studies proved 47% prevalence malnutrition index. It is important to take a close look to detect individuals at risk to offer them more exhausting nutritional evaluation and early treatment in compliance with their needs. Objective. To determine nutritional risks of patients admitted between December 7 up to 20 of 2015. Material and Methods. Transversal and descriptive study that includes patients older than 14 years. Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) was applied as data recollection tool. Results. Seventy seven inpatients were studied and twenty four (31,2 %) show nutritional risk (≥ 3 NRS 2002). All those admitted in Critical Units showed nutritional risk and only 23% of those admitted in Medicine or General Surgery. Conclusion. Malnutrition prevalence detected in modern hospitals is similar to that detected more than fifty years ago. It is essential to recognize patients nutritional status to establish adequate treatment and optimize resource use driving them to riskier certified individuals

Evaluation of nutritional risk in inpatients with digestive diseases / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective Using Nutrition Risk Screening (NRS 2002),to assess the nutritional risk of inpatients with digestive diseases and evaluate its clinical significance.Methods The information of 274 patients med the inclusion criteria were collected in our department from August to October 2011.Nutrition status was assessed according to NRS 2002 by trained nurses.Results The prevalence of nutritional risk was 22.99 ％ (63/274).The rate of nutritional risk of the elderly inpatients (≥ 65y) with digestive diseases was significant higher the younger ones (＜ 65y)(32.95％ vs 18.28％,P ＜ 0.05).74.6％ inpatients with nutritional risk and 52.13％ with no risks were given enteral or parenteral nutritional support during the hospitalized period.Conclusion There was higher nutritional risk rate in inpatients with digestive diseases,especially the elderly ones.For deferent patients,the nutritional support should be on the basis of patient' s nutritional state.

A substantial investigation of discrepancy between patient complaints and assessment by medical personnel in chemotherapy-induced nausea

Purpose： In this study, we aimed to investigate the discrepancy between interview by medical personnel using 3‒point verbal rating scale (VRS) and patient complaints using numerical rating scale (NRS) in nausea diary for chemotherapy‒induced nausea. Patients and Method： In this study, we targeted patients who received chemotherapy at the gynecology department in our hospital and who recorded information in nausea diary. The discrepancy was estimated from NRS in nausea diary and the degree of nausea obtained by medical interview at approximately the same time period. We classified it into overvaluation, undervaluation or non‒discrepancy. Result： A total of 663 cases was analyzed, and 54 patientswere enrolled. The discrepancy was 25.2％ (undervaluation 5.4%; overvaluation 19.8％), and mostly overvaluation was observed. NRS in nausea diary had a significant correlation with the degree of nausea obtained by medical interview（P<0.001, r=0.66） , and the kappa statistic was 0.36. Conclusion： Ratio of non‒undervaluation is approximately 95%; hence, we conclude that interview by medical personnel using VRS accurately reflects the degree of nausea.

Triagem nutricional como instrumento preditor dedesfechos clínicos em pacientes cirúrgicos / Nutritional screening instrument as a predictor of clinical outcomes insurgical patients

Introdução: A Triagem de Risco Nutricional (NRS 2002) foi propostapara identificar pacientes em risco nutricional, que podem sebeneficiar de terapia nutricional precoce. Os pacientes cirúrgicosdesnutridos possuem maior chance de apresentar complicaçõesdurante a internação hospitalar e elevado índice de morbidade emortalidade, sendo, portanto fundamental o monitoramento adequadodo estado nutricional.Objetivo: Identificar, por meio de revisão de literatura, a eficáciado método de triagem NRS 2002 em predizer desfechos clínicos empacientes cirúrgicos.Métodos: Foi realizada busca de artigos publicados no período de2003 a 2013, utilizando-se palavras-chaves em conformidade aosDescritores em Ciências da Saúde, nos idiomas inglês, português eespanhol. A seleção foi baseada nos títulos, resumos e descritores.Resultados: A alta taxa de prevalência de desnutrição no ambientehospitalar associa-se a um pior prognóstico, como maior tempode internação, maiores taxas de complicações infecciosas e não infecciosas,além da mortalidade. Dessa forma, é imperativo que essacondição seja detectada precocemente, a fim de se evitar tais desfechosnegativos, principalmente em pacientes cirúrgicos.Considerações finais: A triagem nutricional NRS 2002 permite aidentificação precoce e o tratamento da desnutrição, atenuando osefeitos adversos associados à desnutrição e melhorando o prognósticoclínico durante a internação.

Introduction: Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) was proposedto identify patients at nutritional risk who may benefit fromearly nutritional therapy. Malnourished surgical patients are morelkely to have complications during hospital stay and higher morbidityand mortality hospitalization and are therefore fundamentalto proper monitoring of nutritional status.Objective: To identify, through literature review, the effectivenessof NRS 2002 screening method for predicting clinical outcomes insurgical patients.Methods: A search was conducted for articles published in the period2003-2013, using keywords in accordance to Health SciencesDescriptors in English, Portuguese and Spanish languages . The selectionwas based on the titles, abstracts and keywords.Results: A high prevalence of malnutrition in hospitals is associatedwith a worse prognosis, longer hospitalization, higher rates ofinfectious and non-infectious complications, and mortality. Thus,it is imperative that this condition is detected early in order to avoidsuch negative outcomes, particularly in surgical patients.Conclusion: The nutritional screening NRS 2002 allows for theearly identification and treatment of malnutrition, mitigating theadverse effects associated with malnutrition and improving clinicaloutcomes during hospitalization.

Comparison of the application of NRS2002 and MNA in nutritional assessment of patients with primary liver cancer / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To explore the nutritional condition of primary liver cancer inpatients by means of nutrition risk screening 2002 (NRS2002) and mini nutritional assessment,and compare their feasibility.Methods A total of 80 cases of liver cancer patients hospitalized in Tianjin Third Central Hospital from August 2012 to March 2013 were collected.We investigated the incidence of malnutrition with the scales of NRS2002 and MNA.Comparative analysis of the relationship between the two methods and the traditional single index,liver function was conducted in order to find the more appropriate one for nutritional evaluation.Results NRS2002 got a 33.7％ nutrition risk incidence and MNA showed a 45.0％ risk rate.NRS2002 showed better correlation with traditional individual indicators than MNA.Conclusions Compared with MNA,NRS2002 is more reliable for nutritional assessment in primary liver cancer inpatients.

Effect of nutritional status on transdermal fentanyl absorption in cancer patients

<b>Objective</b>: This study aimed to investigate the effect of nutritional status on estimated fentanyl absorption in cancer patients being treated with a fentanyl transdermal patch (FP), by measuring the residual fentanyl content in used patches. <b>Methods</b>: 24 adult Japanese inpatients receiving FP treatment for chronic cancer-related pain were enrolled. During FP application, the nutritional risk of the patients was measured using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002), both of which are nutrition screening tools used widely in Japan. We then classified the patients into low-, medium-, and high-risk groups according to the nutritional risk measured by MUST, and compared the transdermal fentanyl delivery efficiency (FE) between that groups. <b>Results</b>: The FE, which is estimated by the residual fentanyl content in used FPs collected from the patients, was found to be decreased in the high-risk group. According to NRS 2002, the mean transdermal fentanyl delivery efficiency in the high-risk group was significantly lower than that in the low-risk group. <b>Conclusion</b>: These results showed that changes in nutritional status affect FE, and that poor nutritional status might decrease transdermal fentanyl absorption in cancer patients.

Nutritional risks, undernutrition, and nutrition support among inpatients with early and middle stage gastrointestinal cancers in a tertiary hospital in Weifang, Shandong Province / 中华临床营养杂志

Objective To investigate the nutritional risk,undemutrition,and nutrition support in inpatients with early and middle stage gastrointestinal cancer undergoing radical surgery in a tertiary hospital in Weifang,Shandong Province.Methods A total of 8390 inpatients who were treated in the departments of oncological surgery,enterohepatic surgery,and general surgery in our hospital were consecutively recorded from December 2010 to August 2011 and from November 2011 to October 2012.After 153 patients were excluded for hospital length of stay less than 24 hours,age less than 18 years old or more than 90 years old,obnubilation,and/or refusal to participate in the research,8237 patients were sampled.After patients who did not meet the scheduled diagnosis were excluded,300 pathology-confirmed patients with early or middle stage gastrointestinal cancer were enrolled.Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) was performed within the first 48 hours after admission and nutrition support was evaluated until the discharge.Results A total of 300 early and middle stage gastrointestinal cancer patients (141 cases of gastric cancer and 159 cases of colorectal carcinoma) who underwent radical surgery met the inclusion criteria.Among them 185 (61.7％) were at nutritional risk.The undernutrition rate was 12.3％ (37/300) if evaluated from the score of nutritional defect part of NRS 2002,and 10.0％ (20/300) if based on body mass index ＜18.5 kg/m2.Totally 165 patients (89.2％) at nutritional risk and 99 patients (86.1％) without nutritional risk received nutrition support.The average ratio of parenteral nutrition to enteral nutrition was 82:1.The intake of calories was (78.1±24.8) k1/(kg,d) [(18.6±5.9)kcal/(kg·d)] and that of nitrogen was (0.10±0.06) g/(kg · d),yielding a ratio of calories vs.nitrogen of (244 ± 164)∶1.Conclusions Inpatients with early and middle stage gastrointestinal cancer tend to have high nutritional risk.The undernutrition rate is 10％-12.3％ in this population.Meanwhile,the application of nutrition support should be further standardized,particularly for patients without nutritional risk.

Evaluation of European nutritionl risk screening method in hospitalized patients of primary hospital / 肠外与肠内营养

Objective: To evaluate feasibility of using European Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS2002) for nutritional status assessment in primary hospital.Methods: 799 patients were enrolled in this study.697 patients who were according NRS request were assessed using NRS method in hospitalization day.The patient whose NRS scores were higher than 3 were justified under nutritional risk.102 patients who were not according NRS request were assessed by exeamining the serum albumin(ALB) in the next day.The patients whose serum ALB was lower than 35 g/L were justified malnutrition.Results: There were 697 patients could be evaluated by NRS method.Body Mass Index(BMI) was lower than 18.5 in 159(22.8%) cases and NRS scores were ≥3 in 240 cases(34.4 %) among 697 cases.Serum albumin was lower than 35 g/L in 31 (30.4%) cases among 102 cases who could not be evaluated by NRS method because of incapable of standing up(66/102,64.7%) and ascites or hydrothorax(17/102,16.7%) and concomitance of above-mentioned causes(11/102,10.8%) and coma(8/102,7.8%).Conclusion: Assessment of nutritional status of hospitalized patients in primary hospital using NRS2002 method is feasible.The patients who could not be evaluated by NRS 2002 method can be assessed by assaying serum ALB.