Preoperative malnutrition as an independent risk factor for the postoperative mortality in elderly Chinese individuals undergoing hip surgery: a single-center observational study.

Long FengWenji ChenPing PingTao MaYang LiLonghe XuZeguo FengYali ZhaoShihui Fu

Published in: Therapeutic advances in chronic disease (2022)

This study demonstrated that preoperative malnutrition was an independent risk factor for the postoperative long-term mortality and resulted in a more than 2.5-fold increase of the postoperative long-term mortality in elderly Chinese individuals undergoing hip surgery.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
minimally invasive
cardiovascular events
coronary artery bypass
risk factors
middle aged
total hip arthroplasty
surgical site infection
coronary artery disease
cardiovascular disease