Feasibility of using the “modified NUTrition Risk In the Critically ill” nutritional risk screening tool to identify nutritionally at-risk patients in an Australian intensive care unit

Risks in Management of Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care Units: A Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis

“…In a systematic review, Lew et al (2017) investigated nutrition assessment tools such as the Subjective Global Assessment (SAG) and Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) on the one hand and, on the other hand, nutrition screening instruments like the Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) and the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) [1]. Further studies focused on instruments such as the NUTRIC score and the mNUTRIC score [16][17][18][19][20][21]. Given that the studies investigated different illnesses, different instruments, various concepts such as nutrition screening or assessment, and that there is no clear definition of critical illness-associated malnutrition [3], various risks can arise in practice.…”

mNUTRIC Score in ICU Mortality Prediction: An Emerging Frontier or Yet Another Transient Trend?

“… 6 Numerous studies suggested that in patients with high mNUTRIC scores, prompt and appropriate nutritional therapy could lower mortality, as there is an association between nutritional intake, mortality, and mNUTRIC score. 5 – 8 This is supported by a meta-analysis conducted on modified NUTRIC scores by Ibrahim et al 7 They concluded that the promising screening method is the mNUTRIC score to assess malnutrition and also discovered a link between critically ill patients’ 28-day mortality and a high mNUTRIC score.…”