Open AccessGeriatric Nutritional Risk Index as a Prognostic Factor for Mortality in Elderly Patients with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries
Author(s) -
Wei-Ti Su,
Ching-Hua Tsai,
Chun-Ying Huang,
Sheng-En Chou,
Chi Li,
Shiun-Yuan Hsu,
Ching-Hua Hsieh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s314487
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , quartile , logistic regression , traumatic brain injury , population , glasgow outcome scale , coma (optics) , risk factor , body mass index , surgery , confidence interval , environmental health , physics , psychiatry , optics
The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) is a simple and objective screening tool for clinicians to screen patients' nutritional status based on serum albumin level and their weight and height. The original study had divided patients based on GNRI into quartiles of nutritional risk for death: a no-risk group (GNRI >98), a low-risk group (GNRI 92-98), a moderate-risk group (GNRI 82 to <92), and a major-risk group (GNRI <82). Given that the patients generally sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) in an acute condition, the study aimed to explore whether GNRI presents a prognostic value for the mortality outcome of these patients.