Masakazu Hiramatsu1,2, Yumi Oide3, Yoko Yasui4, Takashi Fukuda5, Daiki Habu6. 1. Clinical Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Home Economics, Tokyo Kasei University, 1-18-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8602, Japan. hiramatsu-m@tokyo-kasei.ac.jp. 2. Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Nutrition, Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan. hiramatsu-m@tokyo-kasei.ac.jp. 3. Department of Nutrition, Minami Osaka Hospital, 1-18-18 Higashikagaya, Suminoe-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 559-0012, Japan. 4. Clinical Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Nutrition, Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan. 5. Department of Gastroenterological Medicine, Minami Osaka Hospital, 1-18-18 Higashikagaya, Suminoe-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 559-0012, Japan. 6. Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Nutrition, Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to explore the risk factors for the outcome of nutrition support teams (NSTs) for elderly patients. Previously identified risk factors lack general versatility owing to slightly subjective judgment standards; this study aimed to explore an objective and simple index of NST outcome and identify the risk factors for NST outcome. SUBJECTS: This retrospective observational study analyzed, 372 elderly patients enrolled in the NST between January 2014 and July 2018. We identified that the energy fill rate to total energy expenditure (%TEE) at the time of NST termination (post-%TEE) < 75.0% was the most valid index for the outcome in our previous study. The cutoff values of continuous variables at the time of NST enrollment (pre-) were set for post-%TEE < 75.0% using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, and hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated. RESULTS: From the multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis, pre-%TEE < 62.6% (HR: 1.96; 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.29-2.99; p = 0.002), presence of pressure ulcers (HR: 1.74; 95% CI: 1.02-2.98; p = 0.042), pre-prognostic nutritional index (PNI) < 32.7 (HR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.13-2.82; p = 0.014), and presence of pre-peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) (HR: 1.74; 95% CI: 1.19-2.56; p = 0.005) were identified as independent risk factors for post-%TEE < 75.0%. CONCLUSION: Post-%TEE < 75.0% was the objective and simple index for NST outcomes. Patients with low pre-%TEE, pressure ulcers, low pre-PNI, or pre-PPN require early nutritional intervention.
OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to explore the risk factors for the outcome of nutrition support teams (NSTs) for elderly patients. Previously identified risk factors lack general versatility owing to slightly subjective judgment standards; this study aimed to explore an objective and simple index of NST outcome and identify the risk factors for NST outcome. SUBJECTS: This retrospective observational study analyzed, 372 elderly patients enrolled in the NST between January 2014 and July 2018. We identified that the energy fill rate to total energy expenditure (%TEE) at the time of NST termination (post-%TEE) < 75.0% was the most valid index for the outcome in our previous study. The cutoff values of continuous variables at the time of NST enrollment (pre-) were set for post-%TEE < 75.0% using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, and hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated. RESULTS: From the multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis, pre-%TEE < 62.6% (HR: 1.96; 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 1.29-2.99; p = 0.002), presence of pressure ulcers (HR: 1.74; 95% CI: 1.02-2.98; p = 0.042), pre-prognostic nutritional index (PNI) < 32.7 (HR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.13-2.82; p = 0.014), and presence of pre-peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) (HR: 1.74; 95% CI: 1.19-2.56; p = 0.005) were identified as independent risk factors for post-%TEE < 75.0%. CONCLUSION: Post-%TEE < 75.0% was the objective and simple index for NST outcomes. Patients with low pre-%TEE, pressure ulcers, low pre-PNI, or pre-PPN require early nutritional intervention.
Authors: J Ignacio de Ulíbarri; A González-Madroño; N G P de Villar; P González; B González; A Mancha; F Rodríguez; G Fernández Journal: Nutr Hosp Date: 2005 Jan-Feb Impact factor: 1.057