Maryam Pourhassan1, Ingeborg Cuvelier2, Ilse Gehrke3, Christian Marburger4, Mirja Katrin Modreker5, Dorothee Volkert6, Hans-Peter Willschrei7, Rainer Wirth8. 1. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: mpourhassan1918@gmail.com. 2. Geriatric Center, Karlsruhe, Germany. 3. Department of Internal Medicine IV, Donaueschingen, Germany. 4. Christophsbad Clinic, Department of Geriatric Rehabilitation, Göppingen, Germany. 5. Sana Hanse-Clinic, Department of Geriatric, Wismar, Germany. 6. Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany. 7. Department of Internal Medicine, Malteser Hospital St. Josefshospital, Uerdingen, Germany. 8. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Marien Hospital Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Despite the high prevalence of malnutrition among older hospitalized persons, it is unknown how many of these malnourished patients are at risk of developing the refeeding syndrome (RFS). In this study, we sought to compare the prevalence and severity of malnutrition among older hospitalized patients with prevalence of known risk factors of RFS. METHODS: This cross-sectional multicenter-study investigated older participants who were consecutively admitted to the geriatric acute care ward. Malnutrition screening was conducted using Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF). The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) criteria were applied for assessing patients at risk of RFS. Weight and height were measured. Degree of weight loss (WL) was obtained by interview. Serum phosphate, magnesium, potassium, sodium, calcium, creatinine and urea were analyzed according to standard procedures. RESULTS: The study group comprised 342 participants (222 females) with a mean age of 83.1 ± 6.8 and BMI range of 14.7-43.6 kg/m2. More participants were assessed at risk of malnutrition using NRS-2002 (n = 253, 74.0%) compared to MUST (n = 170, 49.7%) and MNA-SF (n = 191, 55.8%). Of total participants, 239 (69.9%; 157 females) were considered to be at risk of RFS. Based on NRS-2002, 75.9% (n = 192) of patients at risk of malnutrition are at risk of RFS whereas according to MUST and MNA-SF, 85.9% (n = 146) and 69.1% (n = 132) of patients at risk of malnutrition are exposed to high risk of RFS, respectively. In addition, the prevalence of risk of RFS is significantly increased with higher score of NRS-2002 and MUST and lower score of MNA-SF. In a stepwise multiple regression analysis, disease severity (38.2%), WL in 3 months (20.3%) and BMI (33.3%) mainly explained variance in NRS-2002, MUST and MNA-SF scores, respectively, in patients with risk of RFS. CONCLUSION: Nearly three-quarters of geriatric hospitalized patients with risk of malnutrition demonstrated significant risk of RFS. Therefore, additional screening for risk of RFS in patients screened for malnutrition appears to be abdicable among this population.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Despite the high prevalence of malnutrition among older hospitalized persons, it is unknown how many of these malnourished patients are at risk of developing the refeeding syndrome (RFS). In this study, we sought to compare the prevalence and severity of malnutrition among older hospitalized patients with prevalence of known risk factors of RFS. METHODS: This cross-sectional multicenter-study investigated older participants who were consecutively admitted to the geriatric acute care ward. Malnutrition screening was conducted using Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF). The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) criteria were applied for assessing patients at risk of RFS. Weight and height were measured. Degree of weight loss (WL) was obtained by interview. Serum phosphate, magnesium, potassium, sodium, calcium, creatinine and urea were analyzed according to standard procedures. RESULTS: The study group comprised 342 participants (222 females) with a mean age of 83.1 ± 6.8 and BMI range of 14.7-43.6 kg/m2. More participants were assessed at risk of malnutrition using NRS-2002 (n = 253, 74.0%) compared to MUST (n = 170, 49.7%) and MNA-SF (n = 191, 55.8%). Of total participants, 239 (69.9%; 157 females) were considered to be at risk of RFS. Based on NRS-2002, 75.9% (n = 192) of patients at risk of malnutrition are at risk of RFS whereas according to MUST and MNA-SF, 85.9% (n = 146) and 69.1% (n = 132) of patients at risk of malnutrition are exposed to high risk of RFS, respectively. In addition, the prevalence of risk of RFS is significantly increased with higher score of NRS-2002 and MUST and lower score of MNA-SF. In a stepwise multiple regression analysis, disease severity (38.2%), WL in 3 months (20.3%) and BMI (33.3%) mainly explained variance in NRS-2002, MUST and MNA-SF scores, respectively, in patients with risk of RFS. CONCLUSION: Nearly three-quarters of geriatric hospitalized patients with risk of malnutrition demonstrated significant risk of RFS. Therefore, additional screening for risk of RFS in patients screened for malnutrition appears to be abdicable among this population.
Authors: R Wirth; R Diekmann; G Janssen; O Fleiter; L Fricke; A Kreilkamp; M K Modreker; C Marburger; S Nels; M Pourhassan; R Schaefer; H-P Willschrei; D Volkert Journal: Internist (Berl) Date: 2018-04 Impact factor: 0.743