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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2024

Geriatric nutritional risk index has a prognostic value for recovery outcomes in elderly patients with brain abscess.

Xu Pei, Yutu Zhang, Dongfeng Jiang, Meng Zhang, Junyan Fu, Yang Niu, Mi Tian, Shanshan Huang

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Xu Pei *Department of Critical Care Medicine and Neurosurgery of Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yutu Zhang *Department of General Practice of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Dongfeng JiangDepartment of Infectious Diseases of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Meng ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, China.
Junyan FuDepartment of Radiology of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yang NiuDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Mi TianDepartment of Critical Care Medicine and Neurosurgery of Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Shanshan HuangDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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Background: The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) is a straightforward and objective tool for nutritional screening in older patients and has been demonstrated to possess prognostic predictive value in several diseases. Nonetheless, there is a lack of research on the nutritional risk associated with brain abscess in the older. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of nutritional risk among these patients by GNRI and to investigate its potential prognostic value for clinical outcomes. Materials and methods: From August 2019 to April 2023, 100 older patients diagnosed with brain abscess were enrolled in this single-center prospective cohort study, which evaluated the prognostic value of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) in elderly brain abscess patients. Data collected included demographic, and clinical characteristics at admission and calculated the GNRI, and the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) score 6 months post-discharge. A GOS score of 5 was considered indicative of a good recovery, whereas scores ranging from 1 to 4 were classified as poor recovery. Results: The results revealed that 48% of older brain abscess patients were at risk of malnutrition according to the GNRI. These patients had significantly higher post-admission C-reactive protein (CRP) levels ( Conclusion: The older brain abscess patients exhibited a high malnutrition risk. GNRI showed an important predictive value for recovery in older patients, which could be helpful in clinical intervention and rehabilitation.

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brain abscessgeriatric nutritional risk indexmalnutritionprognosisrecovery outcomes

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