Low triiodothyronine is associated with high risk of malnutrition and poor functional status in subacute stroke patients.

Background And Aims: Stroke patients may exhibit low thyroid hormone (TH) levels and disease-related malnutrition, both potentially affecting clinical status; their relationships remain unexplored. This study aimed to evaluate TH concentrations in subacute stroke patients and investigate the relationships between TH levels, nutritional risk, and functional status.

Methods And Results: Early subacute stroke patients admitted to a rehabilitation unit were assessed using various nutritional screening tools (Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index-GNRI, Prognostic Nutritional Index-PNI, and Controlling Nutritional Status-CONUT score) and with the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria.

High Nutritional Risk Is Associated with Poor Functional Status and Prognostic Biomarkers in Stroke Patients at Admission to a Rehabilitation Unit.

Considering that malnutrition (undernutrition) is common in stroke patients and may negatively impact body function, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between nutritional risk and functional status in stroke patients at admission to a rehabilitation unit. Nutritional risk was assessed using the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) and the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score. Functional status was assessed using the Barthel Index, the modified Rankin Scale, the Trunk Control Test and the Sitting Balance Scale, and cognitive function was assessed using the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire.

Neuropsychiatric disorders in hip fracture.

Hip fractures most frequently occur in the elderly population. They are mainly caused by falls from standing position. The presence of several comorbidities, in particular neuropsychiatric disorders, are related to high percentages of falls, disability and mortality rates.