Recording and Evaluating Preoperative Malnutrition in Electively Scheduled Adult Surgical Patients With the GLIM Criteria (GLIM-study)

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)215 enrolled

Overview

Data about the prevalence of preoperative malnutrition according to all the five GLIM criteria among the broad range of surgical patients are lacking. The current study will investigate the prevalence of malnutrition according to all of the five GLIM criteria in electively planned surgical patients in a large academic hospital, the Amsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMC, where over 11.000 patients are operated on yearly.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

215

Conditions

Malnutrition

Interventions

prevalence of preoperative malnutritionOTHER

prevalence of preoperative malnutrition

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients scheduled for elective surgery at the operating theatres of the AUMC, location AMC * Patients ≥ 18 years * Dutch speaking * Willing and able to sign consent for re-use of care data * The study can be combined with other studies Exclusion Criteria: * Patients \< 18 years * Not speaking Dutch * Patients who do not sign consent for re-use of care data

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes