Review Article

Perioperative Nutrition in Abdominal Surgery: Recommendations and Reality

Table 2

Overview on common screening tools for malnutrition and its reported prevalence depending on study and screening tool.

Antoun et al.Schiesser et al.
MalnutritionWeight lossBMI (kg/m2)SGAAlbumin (g/L)NRINRS (2002)**PANRI

None (29%)118.5–25 (50%)1A (66%)1>35>97.5 (59%)1Score 0>6° (71%)2>97.5 (85%)2
Mild<10% (39%)1<18.5 (8%)1B (22%)1<35 (24%)184–97.5 (32%)1Score 1 (89%)2<6° (28%)284–97.5 (13%)2
ModerateScore 2 (8.5%)2
Severe≥10% (20.5%)1<16 (2%)1C (12%)1<30 (8%)1<84 (9%)1Score 3 (2.5%)2<84 (2%)2

BMI: body mas index (kg/m2); SGA: subjective global assessment (weight, food intake, symptoms, and activities); NRI: nutritional risk index (recent weight loss, serum albumin); NRS (2002): nutritional risk screening score (Table 2); PA: phase angle (reactance and resistance from bioimpedance analysis).
1Antoun et al. [18] (prevalence %).
2Schiesser et al. [23] (prevalence %).
**Nutrition status score only.