Nutritional Risk Index (NRI)

Purpose: To evaluate an elderly patient for malnutrition using the Nutritional Risk Index (NRI), originally reported by Buzby et al.

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Are you evaluating an elderly patient for malnutrition?

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NRI

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Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Laboratory Tests
- Serum Albumin
Other Testing
- Creatinine-Height Index
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
- Prognostic Inflammatory and Nutrition Index (PINI)

Specialty

Nutrition

Objective

risk factors

ICD-10

E40-E46 - Malnutrition
E50-E64 - Other nutritional deficiencies

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Purpose: To evaluate an elderly patient for malnutrition using the Nutritional Risk Index (NRI), originally reported by Buzby et al.

Specialty: Nutrition

Objective: risk factors

ICD-10: E40-E46, E50-E64,

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