Abstract:

Objective   To evaluate the nutritional risk incidence and nutritional support application rate in  patients hospitalized for common internal medicinal?diseases applying the nutrition risk screening (NRS2002) . Methods   Patients hospitalized in Shengjing Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University for seven diseases were screened for nutritional risk, and the incidence of malnutrition and nutritional support status were evaluated. Results   The nutritional risk and the overall incidence of malnutrition?in the seven diseases were 37.8% and 19.1%, respectively. The nutritional risk and the incidence of malnutrition in patients with liver cirrhosis were highest, 61.9% and 47.4%, respectively. The nutritional support rate in all the patients was 6.7%, and that in patients with NRS ≥ 3 points was 14.5%, and the ratio of parenteral nutrition(PN)/enteral nutrition(EN) was 3.6∶1. Conclusion   At present, there are a considerable number of medicinal patients with nutritional risk or malnutrition, while the nutritional support rate is low. The current situation should be actively improved for reducing complications and improving quality of patients′ life. 2

Key words: Nutritional risk; Malnutrition; Nutritional support