Tamizaje nutricional en pacientes que acuden al área de consulta externa del Centro Médico Particular Semedic de Guayaquil, periodo 2021.

Abstract

Introduction: Malnutrition or nutritional risk in hospital patients is a global health issue, it is essential to be able to evaluate and prevent it correctly. To reduce the complications of the pathologies suffered by the patient, it is necessary to apply a hospital nutritional screening tool such as Nutritional Risk Screening, because it is an easy, short, and effective test. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of patients using the NRS-2002 nutritional screening tool, who come to the outpatient area of the Semedic Private Medical Center of Guayaquil, period 2021 Material and methods: The present study has a quantitative, observational, descriptive, crosssectional, and retrospective approach. Data were collected from N= 237 patients where clinical and nutritional data were considered, also, the NRS 2002 nutritional screening was applied. Results: It was observed that 22% of the patients were at nutritional risk and 78% required nutritional reevaluation. Conclusion: The nutritional risk that was determined in these patients and in those who should be reevaluated weekly is fundamental, since nutritional precautions should be taken to prevent or reduce hospital malnutrition, it is necessary to use nutritional screening such as the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) to reduce the risks, this tool is efficient in these areas due can help to minimize complications that may arise in patients.