Valoración de riesgo nutricional en pacientes peri-operatorios mediante cribado Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS- 2002), ingresados en las salas de cirugía general del Hospital Luis Vernaza, periodo 2019-2020.

Abstract

Introduction: Nutritional risk is a predominant problem in the hospital environment, for this reason it is essential to use a screening of clinical validity, identifying those patients at risk of malnutrition in order to apply an adequate nutritional intervention. Objective: To assess nutritional risk in perioperative adult patients by means of Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) admitted to the general surgery rooms of the Luis Vernaza Hospital, for the period 2019-2020. Material and methods: The study is descriptive, quantitative, non-experimental, transversal and observational. Clinical and nutritional data were collected through NRS screening (2002) and anthropometric data from 60 perioperative patients. Results: It was determined that 68,3% of patients were at nutritional risk, while 30% needed a nutritional re-evaluation. Conclusions: Nutritional risk was identified, which is directly related to the deterioration of the patient's health status, reduction in food intake by any means to the hospital stay. Therefore, immediate nutritional intervention is necessary to avoid a deterioration in the patient's nutritional status, and for patients who were not at risk, a weekly nutritional re-evaluation is necessary. Key words: