Table 1.
Patients’ Characteristics (n = 203).
| Variables | |
|---|---|
| Male (n, %) | 127 (62.6) |
| Age, in years (mean ± SD) | 66.05 ± 14.08 |
| Admission (n, %) | |
| Elective | 62 (30.5) |
| Emergency | 139 (68.5) |
| Other | 2 (1) |
| CCI score (mean ± SD) | 3.02 ± 2.43 |
| Body weight, in kg (mean ± SD) | 71.76 ± 16.29 |
| Height, in cm (mean ± SD) | 169.03 ± 8.56 |
| BMI, in kg/m2 (mean ± SD) | 25.02 ± 4.88 |
| NRS-2002 > 3 | 70 (34.5) |
| MUST score (n, %) | |
| 0 | 73 (36.0) |
| 1 | 31 (15.3) |
| ≥2 | 99 (48.7) |
| Risk of RS (n, %) | 98 (48.3) |
| Medium (n, %) | 44 (21.7) |
| High (n, %) | 54 (26.6) |
| RS diagnosis (n, %) | 38 (18.7) |
| Nutrition team support (n, %) | 24 (11.8) *(24.5) ** |
| Nutritional supplementation within 48 h (n, %) | 74 (36) * (75.5) ** |
| Oral nutritional supplementation (n, %) | 63 (31) * (64.3) ** |
| Parenteral nutrition (n, %) | 13 (6.4%) *(13.26) ** |
| LOS, in days (mean ± SD) | 8.24 ± 5.75 |
| In-hospital mortality (n, %) | 9 (4.4) |
| Readmission within 30 days (n, %) | 13 (6.4) |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CCI, Charlson’s Comorbidity Index; CONUT, controlling nutritional status; LOS, length of hospital stay; MUST, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool; NRS, nutritional risk score; RS, refeeding syndrome; SD, standard deviation. * on the whole cohort; ** on patients at risk of RS.