Rectus abdominis and rectus femoris muscle thickness in determining nutritional risk in critically ill patients: a prospective cohort study in Turkey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Malnutrition is a clinical condition that is frequently seen in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Although there are many scoring systems and tools used to determine nutritional risk, those that can be used in critically ill patients in the ICU are very few. The scoring systems used are insufficient to identify ICU patients with malnutrition or at risk.Malnutrition is generally presented with a decrease in skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength. Therefore, in many recent studies, attention has been drawn to the relationship between nutritional status and loss of muscle mass.

Design

A cohort study.

Setting

Forty-five patients hospitalised in an anaesthesia ICU in Turkey were included in the study.

Participants

Patients aged 1

SUBMITTER: Gursoy C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069567 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature