Finds that nutritional status at admission predicts mortality in older patients with acute heart failure, highlighting its importance.
Key Points
This research aims to examine how nutritional status, measured by the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index, affects mortality in older patients hospitalized for acute heart failure.
Assess nutritional risk using Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI)
Evaluate 214 older patients aged ≥65 with acute heart failure
Categorize GNRI into four risk levels
Use Cox proportional hazards models to analyze mortality risk
76 deaths observed during a median follow-up of 356 days
Moderate and severe GNRI categories linked to significantly higher mortality rates