Assessment of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 as predictors of long hospital stay in patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases (opens in new tab)

BackgroundAmong patients admitted to the gastroenterology ward, especially those with upper gastrointestinal (UGI) diseases, malnutrition is markedly prevalent. Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS2002) is widely used globally to assess the nutritional risk of hospitalized patients.MethodsA retrospective, single-center study that included 896 patients with UGI diseases was performed in the Department of Esophagogastric‌, Senior Department of Gastroenterology, the First Medical Center of PLA G...