NRS-2002 Nutritional Risk Screening

NRS-2002 — Nutritional Risk Screening 2002

Hospital nutritional-risk screen for inpatient adults (ESPEN) combining a 4-item initial screen with impaired-nutrition, disease-severity, and age scoring to flag patients warranting a nutritional care plan; a screening tool, not a diagnosis of malnutrition.

Initial screen Q1: Is BMI < 20.5 kg/m²?

Initial screen Q2: Weight loss within the last 3 months?

Initial screen Q3: Reduced dietary intake in the last week?

Initial screen Q4: Severely ill (e.g. in intensive therapy / ICU)?

Impaired nutritional status (worst applicable level)

Severity of disease — increase in requirements (worst applicable level)

Age ≥ 70 years?