HN-00720197_The Relationship between Malnutrition Statuses Using NRS-2002 with Clinical Stroke Indicators among Intensive Care Hospitalized Stroke Patients

Introduction: Stroke is one of the serious health problems with high mortality rate. Epidemiological studies show that it is the second cause of leading death in the world wide after cardio vascular diseases. Stroke related malnutrition has been associated with adverse outcome of stroke and it can worsen the condition but can be controlled by effective and timely nutritional interventions. To this end, we aimed to evaluate nutritional status of ICU inpatients with Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS)-2002, a tool specially improved for ICU patients.Method: This cross-sectional study enrolled 233 ischemic stroke patients in Imam-Reza hospital, Tabriz, Iran from 2016 to 2017. Nutritional status was measured using the NRS. Stroke disability has been evaluated by mRS and NIHSS. The linear regression methods used to evaluate NRS scores correlation with clinical, biochemical and anthropometric variables.Results: In accordance to results, 78% of hospitalized patients were malnourished. As albumin 3.33±0.82 and calf circumference (CC) 31.09±5.02 was lower in malnourished patients. In contrast, results exhibited that MRS (0.55±0.49) and NIHSS (16.83±12.85) values were higher in malnourished patients. Likewise, CC showed a negative correlation with malnutrition (P<0.05).Conclusion: It is important to identify malnutrition with respect to the components of NRS and choosing appropriate nutritional intervention that may affect stroke outcomes.

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Hospitalized ، Intensive care ، Nutrition