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Use of Subjective Global Assessment and Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Geriatric Patients Receiving Nutrition Support

Betül Gülen Atalay, MSc, Cahide Yamur, PhD, Tarik Zafer Nursal, MD, Hakan Atalay, MD and Turgut Noyan, MD

From the Department of Nutrition, Bakent University, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Adana, Turkey (BGA); Department of Food Engineering, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey (CY); Department of General Surgery, Bakent University, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Adana, Turkey (TZN, TN); and Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bakent University, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Adana, Turkey (HA).

Address correspondence to: Betül Gülen Atalay, Çukurova University, Department of Food Engineering, Adana 01250, Turkey; e-mail: bgatalay{at}gmail.com.

The objective of this study is to examine the prevalence of malnutrition and evaluate the nutrition status and clinical outcome in hospitalized patients aged 65 years and older receiving enteral-parenteral nutrition. This retrospective study was carried out at Bakent University Hospital, Adana, Turkey. A total of 119 patients older than 65 years were recruited. Patients were classified into 3 groups: protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), moderate PEM, and well nourished according to subjective global assessment (SGA) at admission. All patients were fed by enteral or parenteral route. Acute physiological and chronic health evaluation (APACHE-2) and simplified acute physiology (SAPS 2) scores were recorded in patients followed in the intensive care unit (ICU). Nutrition status was assessed with biochemical (serum albumin, serum prealbumin) parameters. These results were compared with mortality rate and length of hospital stay (LOS). The subjects' mean (±SD) age was 73.1 ± 5.4 years. Using SGA, 5.9% (n = 7) of the patients were classified as severely PEM, 27.7% (n = 33) were classified as moderately PEM, and 66.4% (n = 79) were classified as well nourished. Some 73.1% (n = 87) of the patients were followed in the ICU. Among all patients, 42.9% (n = 51) were fed by a combined enteral-parenteral route, 31.1% (n = 37) by an enteral route, 18.5% (n = 22) by a parenteral route, and 7.6% (n = 9) by an oral route. The average length of stay for the patients was 18.9 ± 13.7 days. The mortality rate was 44.5% (n = 53). The mortality rate was 43% (n = 34) in well-nourished patients (n = 79), 48.5% (n = 16) in moderately PEM patients (n = 33), and 42.9% (n = 3) in severely PEM patients (n = 7) (P = .86). The authors observed no difference between well-nourished and malnourished patients with regard to the serum protein values on admission, LOS, and mortality rate. In this study, malnutrition as defined by SGA did not influence the mortality rate of critically ill geriatric patients receiving enteral or parenteral nutrition. Furthermore, no factor was found to be a good predictor of survival.

Key Words: aged • malnutrition • enteral-parenteral nutrition

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 32, No. 4, 454-459 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607108314369


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