Role of specific nutritional biomarkers in predicting post-operative complications among patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery.

Hemamalini Raghuraman Balakrishnan Gurushankari Giri B Laya T P Elamurugan Gomathi Shankar Nivedita Nanda Mahalakshmy Thulasingam Vikram Kate

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2023)

Specific nutritional biomarkers, like serum prealbumin and transferrin, were efficient in predicting postoperative complications of patients before undergoing elective abdominal surgeries even after adjusting for confounders. This can facilitate preoperative corrective measures to lower the overall postoperative complications.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
risk factors