Nutritional indicators' performance in malnutrition diagnosis of hospitalized elderly patients.

Background: Several nutritional diagnosis methods and their relationship with clinical outcomes have been described. This study investigated malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients (HEP) using different nutritional indicators and determined criteria to identify malnutrition and explore the variables that discriminate the risk of malnutrition.

Method: Cross-sectional study with 500 HEP; different methods of nutritional diagnosis, their relationship with clinical outcomes and criteria for defining malnutrition were investigated.

Can the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002) predict unfavorable clinical outcome in hospitalized elderly patients?

Background: The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients (HEP) is high.

Objective: To investigate the behavior of several nutritional indicators and predictors of unfavorable clinical outcome.

Methods: Retrospective study with hospitalized elderly patients (N = 322).