ArticleJournal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA2021
Use of modified-NUTRIC score to assess nutritional risk in surgical intensive care unit.
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- Assessing nutritional risk and its association with mortality in ICU patients using the modified NUTRIC score: evidence from a tertiary care hospital.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Comparison between the NUTRIC score and modified NUTRIC score to predict hospital mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A retrospective study.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026Article
- Prognostic value of the NUTRIC score for 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome and its comparison with other nutritional indices: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Preoperative malnutrition is a risk factor for intraoperative hypotension in high-risk surgical patients: a propensity score-matched cohort study.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025Article
- Bayesian Analysis of Modified Nutrition Risk in Critically Ill (mNUTRIC) Score for Mortality Prediction in Critically Ill Patients.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Nutritional Optimization of the Surgical Patient: A Narrative Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Review
- Modified NUTRIC Score as a Predictor of All-cause Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- The NUTRIC Score as a Tool to Predict Mortality and Increased Resource Utilization in Intensive Care Patients with Sepsis.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundModified Nutrition Risk in the Critically Ill (m-NUTRIC) score is used to evaluate the nutritional risk of patients in intensive care units (ICUs). This study aimed to investigate whether m-NUTRIC can be used as a predictive factor related to the outcome of patients in surgical ICU (SICU) and to identify which patients will benefit from aggressive nutritional intervention according to the results of m-NUTRIC score.
methodsA total of 205 patients who were admitted to surgical ICU (SICU) with ventilator use for more than 24 hours were enrolled. The m-NUTRIC score data were calculated the day when the patients were admitted to SICU. Patients were divided into two groups according to their m-NUTRIC score: the low-risk group (<5 points, 116 patients) and the high risk group (≥5 points, 89 patients).
resultsIn this study, a total of 205 patients were enrolled for analysis, including patients in the low-risk group (n = 116) and those in the high risk group (n = 89). The mean duration of ventilator use was 3.6 ± 6.5 days, and average SICU stays for all patients was 5.1 ± 7.4 days. The SICU mortality was significantly higher in the high-risk group (10.3% vs 1.7%). Comparison between survivals and nonsurvivals was carried out, and the data showed that the AKI, Vasopressors, SOFA, APACHE-II, m-NUTRIC score, and shock patient were all significantly associated with higher mortality. The multivariate analysis revealed that acute kidney injury (OR = 13.16; 95% confidence intervals = 3.69-46.92; p < 0.0001) and m-NUTRIC score were independent factors of ICU mortality in these patients. A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to calculate the area under the curve, which was 0.801. The data indicated that high m-NUTRIC score were significantly associated with SICU mortality with the cutoff score > 4 (sensitivity = 90.5%, specificity = 62.3%, p < 0.001).
conclusionWe found in this study that the high m-NUTRIC score is an independent factor of ICU mortality, and m-NUTRIC score can be used as an initial screening tool for nutritional assessment in patients admitted to surgical ICU. Further investigations to evaluate whether the aggressive nutritional intervention would be beneficial in the SICU patients with higher m-NUTRIC score is mandatory.
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