A Prospective Review of Preoperative Nutritional Status and Its Influence on the Outcome of Abdominal Surgery
Bharathi Akula, Nilesh Doctor
Abstract
analysis of the data, ALC, serum albumin, and SGA correlate with the postoperative complication rate with a p-value <0.05 as significant. On the contrary, BMI, MAC, and TSFT did not correlate with postoperative complications. Conclusion Preoperative malnutrition is common among patients undergoing abdominal surgeries in the urban private health care sector. Although there have been studies that have analyzed the incidence of malnutrition in patients undergoing oncological surgeries, there is limited literature on malnutrition among patients subjected to gastrointestinal surgeries. We conclude that simple bedside nutritional assessment tools like serum albumin, absolute lymphocyte count, and SGA can accurately identify malnourished patients preoperatively and are good predictors of postoperative complications. Hence, it is imperative to assess and attempt to improve the nutritional status of the patients preoperatively.