Article: Prognostic Nutritional Index and Oxygen Therapy Requirement Associated With Longer Hospital Length of Stay in Patients With Moderate to Severe COVID-19: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Analyses.
2022 Volume 9, Page(s) 802562
Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate whether the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is related to the oxygen therapy requirement at hospital admission and to ascertain the prognostic effect of the PNI and the oxygen therapy requirement as predictors of hospital length ... ...
Abstract | Purpose: To evaluate whether the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is related to the oxygen therapy requirement at hospital admission and to ascertain the prognostic effect of the PNI and the oxygen therapy requirement as predictors of hospital length of stay in patients with moderate to severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods: This is a Results: According to PNI, malnutrition was more prevalent in the high-flow therapy group (94.9%; Conclusion: In addition to oxygen therapy requirement, low PNI was associated with longer hospital length of stay. Our findings suggest that PNI could be useful in the assessment of nutritional status related to the prognosis of patients with moderate to severe COVID-19. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-04-05 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2776676-7 |
ISSN | 2296-861X |
ISSN | 2296-861X |
DOI | 10.3389/fnut.2022.802562 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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