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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.125, No.7, p.399–403, 2024 |
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| Title: Nutritional status and risk of malnutrition | ||
| Author: Katarina GAZDIKOVA, Andrea FOJTOVA, Ladislava WSOLOVA, Barbora NOREK, Martina SLOVACIKOVA | ||
| Abstract: Malnutrition is a global health problem that is not limited to developing countries. So far, it is one of the underdiagnosed and curative medical problems. THE AIM of our observation was to evaluate the nutritional status of patients at risk of malnutrition. METHODS AND PATIENTS: We retrospectively evaluated 140 patients from the Gastroenterology Clinic and the Center for Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN) at the University Hospital Bratislava, Slovakia. Patients were indicated for examination as part of the entry screening for malnutrition or consultation examination in patients presenting with signs of malnutrition. Based on the determination of the body mass index (BMI), the completed questionnaire of nutritional risk screening (NRS) and the determination of the state of performance, we evaluated the nutritional status of the patient and subsequently started enteral, or parenteral nutrition. RESULTS: We recorded a statistically significant negative correlation between BMI and malnutrition risk (p<0.001), ie. the lower the BMI, the higher the risk of malnutrition. We did not observe a relationship between age, diagnoses and the incidence of BMI-related malnutrition in the study group of patients. CONCLUSION: Properly applied clinical nutrition, whether enteral, parenteral, or a combination thereof, can significantly affect morbidity and mortality in patients with malnutrition or the risk of its development. Unfortunately, Slovakia is still lagging behind developed countries in its implementation as part of a comprehensive treatment of patients (Tab. 2, Fig. 4, Ref. 28). |
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| Keywords: malnutrition, nutritional risk screening, clinical nutrition, body mass index | ||
| Published online: 21-May-2024 | ||
| Year: 2024, Volume: 125, Issue: 7 | Page From: 399, Page To: 403 | |
| doi:10.4149/BLL_2024_61 |
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