Sanson G, et al. - In this retrospective observational study, researchers examined the independent prognostic power and relative weight of the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) screening tool for predicting in-hospital and post-discharge (up to 1 year) mortality, adjusting for variables representing the multidimensional complexity of non–disease-specific patients admitted to Internal Medicine wards. Study participants included 5,698 consecutive patients acutely admitted to an Internal Medicine Department. According to findings, the risk of malnutrition identified after admission to hospital by NRS-2002 contributes independently to early and late mortality in a population including a majority of elderly people. However, the risk of malnutrition must be considered on the basis of other factors related to comorbidity, functional status, the severity of disease, and inflammation interacting with each other—thus having a negative impact on the outcome of the patient.