Patient population and management
NRS
DISEASE
EFFORT enrolled adult ( ≥ 18 years of age) medical inpatients at nutritional risk with an anticipated hospital stay of at least 5 days who were willing to give informed consent within the first 48 hours after admission. Nutritional risk was defined as a Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS 2002) score of 3 points or more. The NRS 2002 consists of two parts: the patient’s current nutritional status and the severity of the underlying disease. Both parts score from 0 (absent) to 3 (severe) with an extra point for age ≥ 70 years. An total score of 3 or more points indicates “nutritionally at risk” and additional nutritional support should be considered [