Initial development and validation of a novel nutrition risk, sarcopenia, and frailty assessment tool in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: The NUTRIC-SF score

• Main Authors: Lee, Zheng-Yii, Hasan, Mohd Shahnaz, Day, Andrew G., Ng, Ching Choe, Ong, Su Ping, Yap, Cindy Sing Ling, Engkasan, Julia Patrick, Barakatun-Nisak, Mohd Yusof, Heyland, Daren K.
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: QP Physiology; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/33816/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background Nutrition risk, sarcopenia, and frailty are interrelated. They may be due to suboptimal or prevented by optimal nutrition intake. The combination of nutrition risk (modified nutrition risk in the critically ill mNUTRIC]), sarcopenia (SARC-F combined with calf circumference SARC-CALF]), an...