Acute Diverticulitis Is at Significant Risk of Malnutrition: an Analysis of Hospitalized Patients in a Medicine Department.
Acute Disease
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Diverticulitis, Colonic
/ complications
Feasibility Studies
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Length of Stay
/ statistics & numerical data
Male
Malnutrition
/ diagnosis
Mass Screening
/ methods
Middle Aged
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status
Nutritional Support
/ methods
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Journal
Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD
ISSN: 1842-1121
Titre abrégé: J Gastrointestin Liver Dis
Pays: Romania
ID NLM: 101272825
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Dec 2019
19 Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
31
10
2019
accepted:
18
12
2019
entrez:
14
1
2020
pubmed:
14
1
2020
medline:
23
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The Nutritional Risk Security (NRS2002) System is recommended for hospitalized patients in order to assess their nutritional status. However, studies assessing large-scale systematic screening policies are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of implementing a screening strategy concerning all admissions for diverticular disease (DD) of the colon in the Department of Medicine of a Tertiary Hospital. All patients suffering from acute diverticulitis (AD) and admitted to the Medicine Department from January 1st to 31 December 2017, were pre-screened by NRS2002 System by the nursing staff of the Nutritional team at the day of the admission. If the pre-screening was positive, the patients were referred to a supplementary assessment performed by a dietician. The global number of admissions in the observational period was 4,667 and 133 patients suffered from AD. A positive pre-screening test was recorded in 97 (72.9%) patients: a NRS2002 score > 3, describing a severe impaired nutritional status was found in 61 patients (62.9%). All 97 patients with a NRS2002 positive screening received initial nutritional support by oral supplements (17 patients, 17.52%) or enteral nutrition (22 patients, 22.68%) or total parenteral nutrition (58 patients, 59.8%). The mean length of hospital stay for all 133 patients was 6,9 days. However, the length of hospital stay was significantly longer for patients with a positive NRS2002, with a mean of 18 days (p= 0.01) Conclusions: A large number of hospitalized patients due to AD are at nutritional risk and have a significantly longer hospital stay.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND AIM
The Nutritional Risk Security (NRS2002) System is recommended for hospitalized patients in order to assess their nutritional status. However, studies assessing large-scale systematic screening policies are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of implementing a screening strategy concerning all admissions for diverticular disease (DD) of the colon in the Department of Medicine of a Tertiary Hospital.
METHODS
All patients suffering from acute diverticulitis (AD) and admitted to the Medicine Department from January 1st to 31 December 2017, were pre-screened by NRS2002 System by the nursing staff of the Nutritional team at the day of the admission. If the pre-screening was positive, the patients were referred to a supplementary assessment performed by a dietician.
RESULTS
The global number of admissions in the observational period was 4,667 and 133 patients suffered from AD. A positive pre-screening test was recorded in 97 (72.9%) patients: a NRS2002 score > 3, describing a severe impaired nutritional status was found in 61 patients (62.9%). All 97 patients with a NRS2002 positive screening received initial nutritional support by oral supplements (17 patients, 17.52%) or enteral nutrition (22 patients, 22.68%) or total parenteral nutrition (58 patients, 59.8%). The mean length of hospital stay for all 133 patients was 6,9 days. However, the length of hospital stay was significantly longer for patients with a positive NRS2002, with a mean of 18 days (p= 0.01) Conclusions: A large number of hospitalized patients due to AD are at nutritional risk and have a significantly longer hospital stay.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Observational Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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