The predictors of prognostic nutritional index and its association with in-hospital mortality among critically ill geriatric patients
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Khalid Elsayed Elsorady 1 2 * , Ahmed Ahmed Mohamed Abotaha 3 , Mohammed Abdelmoaty Ebrahim Shaheen 4 , Hisham Ahmed Hani Mostafa Abdelaziz 4 , Essam Yehia Ali Aggour 3 , Mohamed Elwan Mohamed Mahmoud 3
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1 Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EGYPT2 Geriatrics Hospital, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, EGYPT3 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, EGYPT4 Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, EGYPT* Corresponding Author

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Purpose: The study aimed to determine the predictors of prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and its association with in-hospital mortality among critically ill geriatric patients
Materials and methods: Prospective cohort study included 113 critically ill older patients at a geriatrics hospital in Egypt. Clinical history, laboratory analyses, Charlson comorbidity index, and simplified acute physiology score II were conducted on admission. Immuno-nutritional biomarkers included PNI, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), systemic immune inflammation index (SII), and platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR). The hospital outcome was in-hospital mortality.
Results: Median PNI was 33.45. Predictors of PNI were albumin and hematocrit. PNI showed a negative correlation with NLR (r = -0.475, p < 0.001), PLR (r = -0.263, p = 0.005), and SII (r = -0.287, p = 0.002). PNI < 35.475 and NLR > 6.5 defined in-hospital mortality with an area under the curve of 0.633, p = 0.011 and p = 0.612, p = 0.036, respectively.
Conclusion: PNI < 35.475 and NLR > 6.5 are associated with in-hospital mortality. PNI had an inverse correlation with NLR, SII, and PLR.

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Article Type: Original Article

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 22, Issue 4, August 2025, Article No: em656

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/16303

Publication date: 01 Jul 2025

Online publication date: 30 Apr 2025

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