Association of geriatric nutritional risk index with all-cause hospital mortality among elderly patients in intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition is associated with poor outcomes for geriatric patients in intensive care unit (ICU). It is important to identify patients at risk of malnutrition and provide individual nutrition support. The assessment of malnutrition risk is not easy for these patients due to their cognitive impairment. Geriatric nutrition risk index (GNRI) is a simple and objective scoring tool to evaluate the risk of malnutrition in elderly patients. In this study, we aimed to see whether GNRI score was appropriate to predict clinical outcomes among geriatric patients in the setting of ICU.

Materials and methods

Elderly patients with age ≥ 65 years were extracted from Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database. Categories based on GNRI were classified as m

SUBMITTER: Peng JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10076778 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature