Abstract
The presence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients is prevalent and studies show its association with a higher incidence of complications, mortality, length of stay, costs, and increased frequency of hospital readmission. Routine use of simple tracking procedures is recommended. Nutritional screening detects individuals who are malnourished or at risk of developing malnutrition, and who can receive specific nutritional support. Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) is a nutritional screening method recommended by the European Society for Clinical and Metabolism (ESPEN) and identifies the risk of developing malnutrition in hospitalized patients. The aim of this paper is to review the literature on the NRS screening method (2002) and its relationship with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients.
Highlights
Malnutrition is currently defined in a basic way, as any change in the composition, physiology, or functionality of an organism, caused by a diet or disease state that negatively affects the nutritional status [1]
Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) is a nutritional screening method recommended by the European Society for Clinical and Metabolism (ESPEN) and identifies the risk of developing malnutrition in hospitalized patients
The aim of this paper is to review the literature on the NRS screening method (2002) and its relationship with clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients
Summary
Malnutrition is currently defined in a basic way, as any change in the composition, physiology, or functionality of an organism, caused by a diet or disease state that negatively affects the nutritional status [1]. The presence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients is frequent and studies show its association with a higher incidence of complications, mortality, length of stay, costs, and increased frequency of hospital readmission [2,3]. In this regard, it is an important public health problem in industrialized and emerging countries and its development in the hospital environment may be due to reduced nutrient intake, deficiency in the absorption or International Journal of Nutrology (2022). The study showed that almost half of the hospitalized population in Brazil has some degree of malnutrition [4]. Less than 50% of malnourished patients received adequate nutritional treatment, for not having their nutritional status properly recognized [4]
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