Background and aims In the absence of a gold standard or scientific consensus regarding
the nutritional evaluation of heart failure (HF) patients, this study aimed to summarize and …

Chronic anemia is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with heart failure (HF).
Restoring physiological hemoglobin (Hb) levels is essential to increase oxygen transport …

Background High body mass index (BMI) is paradoxically associated with better outcome in
patients with heart failure (HF). The effects of malnutrition on this phenomenon across the …

The Naples prognostic score (NPS) consists of cholesterol level, albumin concentration,
lymphocyte-to-monocyte and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios and reflects systemic …

The controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score assesses nutritional status and is
associated with short-and long-term prognoses in some diseases, but the significance of the …

Protein-energy wasting (PEW) is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD),
and affects their prognosis. The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score is a nutritional …

Background The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) has been proposed as a marker of
malnutrition and associated with the prognosis of cardiovascular disease. However, whether …

Purpose The advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) is a novel inflammatory and
nutritional index that exerts prognostic value in various types of cancer. A previous study …

Aims Malnutrition is common in patients with heart failure (HF) and is associated with poorer
quality of life and increased mortality; however, an effective screening tool for malnutrition …

Background The prevalence of heart failure (HF) is expected to rise due to increased
survivorship and life expectancy of patients with acute heart conditions. Patients with HF and …