PD869 - MORTALITY ASSESSMENT IN GERIATRIC HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS USING THE M-NUTRIC SCORE-

PD869

MORTALITY ASSESSMENT IN GERIATRIC HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS USING THE M-NUTRIC SCORE-

A. Koseoglu^1,*

¹clinical pharmacy, Istanbul Medipol university, Istanbul, Türkiye

Rationale:  As the world’s population ages, the number of geriatric malignancy cases is rapidly increasing. Elderly patients diagnosed with hematological malignancies have a higher risk of intensive care unit mortality than other patients because of multiple illnesses and concomitant drug use. Therefore, nutritional assessment upon initial admission is important(1,2).

 This study aimed to examine the relationship between mNUTRIC scores and mortality at initial admission in patients aged > 65 years diagnosed with hematological malignancies in the intensive care unit.

Methods:  This prospective study, conducted at a single center in Istanbul, included patients aged > 65 years who were diagnosed with hematological malignancies and stayed in the intensive care unit for > 24 h.

Results: The median m-NUTRIC score of the patients was 5(1-9), and 49.2% (n=82) of the patients were at high risk for malnutrition according to the m-NUTRIC score. The mortality rate was significantly higher (p<0.05) in patients at high risk (score ≥5) than in the low-risk group.

Conclusion: The Nutritional Risk in Critically Ill Patients (NUTRIC) score has positive effects on morbidity and mortality rates, particularly in critically ill patients, by addressing malnutrition, a condition often overlooked but preventable in practice.

References:         1. Majari K, Imani H, Hosseini S, Amirsavadkouhi A, Ardehali SH, Khalooeifard R. Comparison of modified NUTRIC, NRS‐2002, and MUST scores in Iranian critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2021;45(7):1504-13.

        2. Maciel LRMdA, Franzosi OS, Nunes DSL, Loss SH, Dos Reis AM, Rubin BdA, et al. Nutritional risk screening 2002 cut‐off to identify high‐risk is a good predictor of ICU mortality in critically ill patients. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2019;34(1):137-41.

Disclosure of Interest: None declared