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OBJECTIVES: To compare nutritional risk in patients admitted to the emergency unit, by the instruments Nutritional Risk Screening-2002 (NRS), Nutritional Risk Emergency-2017 (NRE), and Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST). METHODS: Cross-sectional study, carried out in the emergency unit of a public hospital in Brazil. The sample consisted of adult patients (≥ 19 years old), of both sexes. Nutritional risk was assessed within 24 hours after hospital admission. Patients with a score ≥ 3 by the NRS, ≥ 1.5 by the NRE and, ≥ 2 by the MUST were classified with risk. The NRE is a tool made up of 6 subjective questions, while the NRS and MUST use objective measures of analysis. The data were expressed in absolute (n) and relative (%) frequencies and the analysis of agreement between the instruments was performed using the Kappa test. RESULTS: 432 patients were assessed (age 57.31 ± 15.6 years and 54.4% women). The prevalence of nutritional risk by NRS, NRE, and MUST tools was 36%, 45%, and 46%, respectively. There was moderate agreement between the tools, NRS and NRE (Kappa = 0.599 p |
