Publications by authors named "Sandra Estefania Lopez-Alvarado"
Comparison of nutritional screening tools to assess nutritional risk and predict clinical outcomes in Mexican patients with digestive diseases.
Mariana Chávez-Tostado Gabino Cervantes-Guevara Sandra Estefanía López-Alvarado Gabino Cervantes-Pérez Francisco José Barbosa-Camacho
BMC Gastroenterol
March 2020
Article Synopsis
- High rates of malnutrition in hospitals highlight the need for reliable screening tools, with this study comparing the efficacy of NRS-2002, SGA, and CONUT in Mexican patients with gastrointestinal diseases.
- In a study of 196 patients, NRS-2002 identified nutritional risk in 67% of cases, SGA in 74%, and CONUT in 51%, with the highest agreement found between NRS-2002 and SGA.
- While all tools showed high rates of risk identification, only CONUT was effective in predicting complications, and none were successful in predicting mortality.