Çiçek M.Gedik E.Gülhas N.Do?an Z.Ersoy M.O.2024-08-042024-08-0420061304-0871https://hdl.handle.net/11616/91456Aim: Malnourished patients have longer hospital stays, more drug usage, poorer functional capacity and higher morbidity and mortality rates compared to well-nourished patients. To prevent malnutrition in hospitalized patients, physicians should be aware of the fact that every hospitalized patient may be in risk, so that early diagnosis and treatment can be undertaken. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition with Subjective Global Assessment in elective surgical patients. Materials and Methods: A total of 1355 adult patients from 9 departments were included in this study. Preanesthetic evaluation and Subjective Global Assessment were performed in that order. Results: The departments with highest rates of malnutrition were cardiovascular surgery (28.8%), neurosurgery (24.4%), and general surgery (21.9%). Overall prevalence of malnutrition was 12.8%. The average duration of Subjective Global Assessment was 2.42 min. Conclusion: It was concluded that Subjective Global Assessment is an readily employable after preanaesthetic evaluation.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessNutritional assessmentPreanesthetic evaluationSubjective Global AssessmentArticle3431771822-s2.0-33750985354N/A