Nutritional risk index as an independent predictive factor for the development of surgical site infection after pancreaticoduodenectomy

Abstract. Objective: Hemodialysis patients are prone to malnutrition because of diet or many uremic complications. The objective of this study is to determine whether thiamine deficiency is associated with regular dialysis patients. Methods: To determine whether thiamine deficiency is associated with regular dialysis patients, we measured thiamine in 100 patients undergoing consecutive dialysis. Results: Average thiamine levels were not low in both pre-hemodialysis (50.1 ± 75.9 ng/mL; normal range 24 - 66 ng/mL) and post-hemodialysis (56.4 ± 61.7 ng/mL). In 18 patients, post-hemodialysis levels of thiamine were lower than pre-hemodialysis levels. We divided the patients into two groups, the decrease (Δthiamine/pre thiamine < 0; - 0.13 ± 0.11) group (n = 18) and the increase (Δthiamine/pre thiamine> 0; 0.32 ± 0.21)) group (n = 82). However, there was no significance between the two groups in Kt/V or type of dialyzer. Patients were dichotomized according to median serum thiamine level in pre-hemodialysis into a high-thiamine group (≥ 35.5 ng/mL) and a low-thiamine group (< 35.4 ng/mL), and clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups. The low-thiamine value group (< 35.4 ng/ml; 26.8 ± 5.3 ng/ml) exhibited lower levels of serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase than the high-thiamine value group (≥ 35.4 ng/ml; 73.5 ± 102.5 ng/ml) although there was no significance in nutritional marker, Alb, geriatric nutritional risk index , protein catabolic rate and creatinine generation rate. Conclusion: In our regular dialysis patients, excluding a few patients, we did not recognize thiamine deficiency and no significant difference in thiamine value between pre and post hemodialysis.

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Korrelation des Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) mit anthropometrischen Daten hinsichtlich der Erfassung einer Mangelernährung bei betagten Patienten

Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin ◽

10.1055/s-2008-1079419 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 33 (03) ◽

Author(s):

S Gärtner ◽

K Weiß ◽

U Wahnschaffe ◽

M Lerch ◽

M Kraft

Keyword(s):

Risk Index ◽

Nutritional Risk ◽

Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index ◽

Nutritional Risk Index

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Combined Predictive Value of Extracellular Fluid/Intracellular Fluid Ratio and the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index for Mortality in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu11112659 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 2659 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Takahiro Yajima ◽

Kumiko Yajima ◽

Hiroshi Takahashi ◽

Keigo Yasuda

Keyword(s):

Risk Model ◽

Risk Index ◽

Survival Rates ◽

Extracellular Fluid ◽

Nutritional Risk ◽

Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index ◽

Protein Energy Wasting ◽

Intracellular Fluid ◽

Net Reclassification Improvement ◽

Nutritional Risk Index

The ratio of extracellular fluid (ECF) to intracellular fluid (ICF) may be associated with mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis, possibly associated with protein-energy wasting. We therefore investigated the relationship of the ECF/ICF ratio and the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) with the all-cause and cardiovascular-specific mortality in 234 patients undergoing hemodialysis. Bioimpedance analysis of the ECF and ICF was performed and the ECF/ICF ratio was independently associated with GNRI (β = −0.247, p < 0.0001). During a median follow-up of 2.8 years, 72 patients died, of which 29 were cardiovascular. All-cause mortality was independently associated with a lower GNRI (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 3.48, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.01–6.25) and a higher ECF/ICF ratio (aHR 11.38, 95%CI 5.29–27.89). Next, we divided patients into four groups: group 1 (G1), higher GNRI and lower ECF/ICF ratio; G2, lower GNRI and lower ECF/ICF ratio; G3, higher GNRI and higher ECF/ICF ratio; and G4, lower GNRI and higher ECF/ICF ratio. Analysis of these groups revealed 10-year survival rates of 91.2%, 67.2%, 0%, and 0% in G1, G2, G3, and G4, respectively. The aHR for G4 versus G1 was 43.4 (95%CI 12.2–279.8). Adding the GNRI alone, the ECF/ICF ratio alone, or both to the established risk model improved the net reclassification improvement by 0.444, 0.793 and 0.920, respectively. Similar results were obtained for cardiovascular mortality. In conclusion, the ECF/ICF ratio was independently associated with GNRI and could predict mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Combining the GNRI and ECF/ICF ratio could improve mortality predictions.

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First Report of Oncological Outcome and Prognostic Analysis in a First-Line Setting of Short Hydration Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Chemotherapy for Patients with Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

Oncology ◽

10.1159/000517326 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Taku Naiki ◽

Takashi Nagai ◽

Yosuke Sugiyama ◽

Toshiki Etani ◽

Satoshi Nozaki ◽

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Keyword(s):

Urothelial Carcinoma ◽

Risk Index ◽

Objective Response ◽

Oncological Outcome ◽

Nutritional Risk ◽

First Line ◽

Prognostic Analysis ◽

Nutritional Risk Index ◽

Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma ◽

Gemcitabine And Cisplatin

Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a modified-short hydration gemcitabine and cisplatin (m-shGC) regimen for patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) and to assess the efficacy of a geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) with regard to prognosis. Patients and Methods: From January 2016 to July 2020, 68 patients with mUC underwent first-line m-shGC therapy with 70 mg/m2 cisplatin and 1,000 mg/m2 gemcitabine (days 1, 8, and 15), with 2,050 mL fluid replaced on the first day of each 28-day cycle. Prior to the start of treatment, the serum neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and levels of albumin and C-reactive protein (CRP) in serum, as well as body heights and weights were measured. Patients were grouped according to GNRI <92 (low) or ≥92 (high). The analysis of data was done retrospectively. Results: Median follow-up was found to be 12.9 (range 1.7–50.2) months and the objective response rate (ORR) was 54.4% after m-shGC treatment. The ORR was significantly different when high and low-GNRI groups were compared (ORR: 28.0 vs. 69.8% in low- vs. high-GNRI groups). Median overall survival (OS) was calculated as 8.6 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.4–21.3) and 34.5 (95% CI: 20.5–NA) months for low- and high-GNRI groups, respectively (p < 0.0001). Unlike for NLR and CRP, univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that low GNRI and visceral metastases were significant prognostic factors for short OS. Conclusions: First-line m-shGC showed a survival benefit for mUC, with GNRI a useful prognostic biomarker.

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Prognosis in Head and Neck Cancer: Importance of Nutritional and Biological Inflammatory Status

Otolaryngology ◽

10.1177/01945998211004592 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 019459982110045

Author(s):

Nicolas Saroul ◽

Mathilde Puechmaille ◽

Céline Lambert ◽

Achraf Sayed Hassan ◽

Julian Biau ◽

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Keyword(s):

Head And Neck Cancer ◽

Prognostic Factors ◽

Inflammatory Response ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Head And Neck ◽

Neck Cancer ◽

Risk Index ◽

Nutritional Risk ◽

Inflammatory Status ◽

Nutritional Risk Index

Objectives To determine the importance of nutritional status, social status, and inflammatory status in the prognosis of head and neck cancer. Study Design Single-center retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Setting Tertiary referral center. Methods Ninety-two consecutive patients newly diagnosed for cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract without metastases were assessed at time of diagnosis for several prognostic factors. Nutritional status was assessed by the nutritional risk index, social status by the EPICES score, and inflammatory status by the systemic inflammatory response index. The primary endpoint was overall survival. Results In multivariable analysis, the main prognostic factors were the TNM classification (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.34, P = .002, for stage T3-4), malnutrition as assessed by the nutritional risk index (HR = 3.64, P = .008, for severe malnutrition), and a systemic inflammatory response index score ≥1.6 (HR = 3.32, P = .02). Social deprivation was not a prognostic factor. Conclusion Prognosis in head and neck cancer is multifactorial; however, malnutrition and inflammation are important factors that are potentially reversible by early intervention.

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Prognostic value of geriatric nutritional risk index for aspiration pneumonia: a retrospective observational cohort study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research ◽

10.1007/s40520-021-01948-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Taisuke Araki ◽

Yoshitaka Yamazaki ◽

Norihiko Goto ◽

Yuko Takahashi ◽

Yuichi Ikuyama ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Aspiration Pneumonia ◽

Prognostic Value ◽

Risk Index ◽

Observational Cohort Study ◽

Nutritional Risk ◽

Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index ◽

Nutritional Risk Index ◽

Observational Cohort ◽

Retrospective Observational Cohort Study

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Methods and Nutritional Interventions to Improve the Nutritional Status of Dialysis Patients in JAPAN—A Narrative Review

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu13051390 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 1390

Author(s):

Yoshihiko Kanno ◽

Eiichiro Kanda ◽

Akihiko Kato

Keyword(s):

Medical Staff ◽

Salt Intake ◽

Risk Index ◽

Nutritional Risk ◽

Registered Dietitians ◽

Dialysis Therapy ◽

Protein Energy Wasting ◽

Nutritional Interventions ◽

Protein Energy ◽

Nutritional Risk Index

Patients receiving dialysis therapy often have frailty, protein energy wasting, and sarcopenia. However, medical staff in Japan, except for registered dietitians, do not receive training in nutritional management at school or on the job. Moreover, registered dietitians work separately from patients and medical staff even inside a hospital, and there are many medical institutions that do not have registered dietitians. In such institutions, medical staff are required to manage patients’ nutritional disorders without assistance from a specialist. Recent studies have shown that salt intake should not be restricted under conditions of low nutrition in frail subjects or those undergoing dialysis, and protein consumption should be targeted at 0.9 to 1.2 g/kg/day. The Japanese Society of Dialysis Therapy suggests that the Nutritional Risk Index-Japanese Hemodialysis (NRI-JH) is a useful tool to screen for older patients with malnutrition.

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