1. Assessment of the nutritional status in patients with acute diverticulitis.
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Giorgetti, G., Fabiocchi, F., D’Avino, A., Tursi, A., Brandimarte, M. A., Paoloni, A., Meucci, T., Parrocchia, S., Brandimarte, G., and Nasi, G.
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NUTRITIONAL assessment ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,DIVERTICULITIS ,NUTRITIONAL status - Abstract
Background: The study evaluated the implementation of a screening strategy on all hospitalizations for diverticular disease (DD) of the colon with particular reference to acute diverticulitis (AD) regarding nutritional status. Methods: The Nutritional Risk Security (NRS2002) system, was used, preselecting those with AD by the nurses of the nutrition team on the same day of admission from 1/01 to 31/12/2017 at the S. Eugenio Hospital in Rome. Patients (pts) with positive prescreening were referred for additional evaluation performed by a dietician. Results: AD was observed in 133 pts, 58% women, out of a total sample of 4667. The NRS2002 was applied to all, finding a positive screening test in 97 (72.9%) pts of whom a severely compromised nutritional status (NRS2002 score>3) in 61 pts (62.9%). Each patient tested positive was given initial nutritional support: oral supplements (17 pts, 17.52%), enteral nutrition (22 pts 22.68%), total parenteral nutrition (58 pts 59.8%). The mean length of hospital stay was 6.9 days, although was significantly longer for pts with NRS2002 positive (mean of 18 day). NRS2002 score can be a significant predictor of disease severity and outcome, operating independently of BMI, since a total score ≥3 can predict length of hospital stay. Conclusions: The study confirmed that NRS2002 is a useful screening tool for identifying nutritional risk AD pts in hospital wards and allowed to select pts who needed a more careful monitoring program, diet therapy and possibly nutrition artificial. Furthermore, it showed an increasing and underestimated risk of malnutrition in a large number of pts hospitalized and that NRS2002 screening is a good predictor of some sociohealth indicators such as hospital stay. Key messages: There is an increasing and underestimated risk of malnutrition in a large number of patients hospitalized. NRS2002 is a useful screening tool for identifying nutritional risk and a good predictor of some socio-health indicators such as hospital stay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021