ArticleBMC anesthesiology2025
Assessment of nutritional indices for predicting clinical outcomes in critically ill elderly patients: a prospective cohort study.
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- Comparative prognostic value of nutrition-inflammation indices for 1-year mortality in elderly intensive care unit patients: a retrospective observational study based on MIMIC-IV database.BMC geriatrics · 2026Observational
- A machine learning-based prediction model for delirium risk in malnourished elderly ICU patients with SHAP interpretability.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between complete blood count-derived hematological inflammatory ratios and nutritional risk in elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Observational
- GNRI-stratified enteral nutrition protocol for elderly mechanically ventilated ICU patients: development and preliminary application.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundMalnutrition is a prevalent issue in critically ill elderly patients and is closely linked to poor clinical outcomes. This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of four nutritional indices-modified nutrition risk in the critically ill (mNUTRIC), Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP), and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)-in predicting intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes.
methodsThis prospective cohort study included elderly patients (aged ≥ 65 years) who were admitted to the medical ICU of a tertiary care university hospital. Nutritional indices (mNUTRIC, GNRI, HALP, and NLR) were evaluated for their prognostic value in predicting 28-day mortality, ICU mortality, and ICU length of stay (LOS) using multivariable regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses.
resultsSeventy-three patients were included, with a median age (interquartile range) of 74 (10) years and 56.2% male. The mNUTRIC score was identified as an independent risk factor for 28-day mortality (OR = 2.505, 95%CI: 1.164-5.391, p = 0.019) and ICU mortality (OR = 2.736, 95%CI: 1.350-5.545, p = 0.005), with strong predictive performance (AUC: 0.864 and 0.858, respectively). It was also associated with prolonged ICU LOS (RR = 1.117, 95% CI: 1.033-1.207, p = 0.005). While GNRI exhibited good predictive performance (AUC: 0.811 and 0.799 for 28-day mortality and ICU mortality, respectively), it was not an independent factor. In contrast, HALP and NLR showed limited prognostic value for mortality.
conclusionsThe mNUTRIC score was identified as the strongest prognostic tool, with GNRI also demonstrating considerable predictive value for mortality outcomes, enhancing nutritional risk screening and clinical decision-making in elderly ICU patients.
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