Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score as a Potential Prognostic Indicator of In-Hospital Mortality, Sepsis and Length of Stay in an Internal Medicine Department.
Nutrients
; 15(7)2023 Mar 23.
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| ID: mdl-37049392
ABSTRACT
The controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score represents poor nutritional status and has been identified as an indicator of adverse outcomes. Our aim was to evaluate the prognostic role of the CONUT score on in-hospital outcomes in an Internal Medicine Department. This is a retrospective study analyzing data from 369 patients, divided into four groups based on the CONUT score normal (0-1), mild-high (2-4), moderate-high (5-8), and marked high (9-12). In-hospital all-cause mortality increased from normal to marked high CONUT score group (2.2% vs. 3.6% vs. 13.4% vs. 15.3%, p < 0.009). Furthermore, a higher CONUT score was linked to a longer length of hospital stay (LOS) (9.48 ± 6.22 vs. 11.09 ± 7.11 vs. 12.45 ± 7.88 vs. 13.10 ± 8.12, p < 0.013) and an increased prevalence of sepsis. The excess risk of a high CONUT score relative to a low CONUT score remained significant after adjusting for confounders (all-cause mortality OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.1-9.7, p < 0.02; sepsis OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.5-4.9, p < 0.01; LOS OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.2-3.9, p < 0.007). The present study demonstrated that an increased CONUT score is related to a higher risk of short-term in-hospital death and complications.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Nutritional Status
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Sepsis
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Nutrients
Year:
2023
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Article
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