Nutritional status and postoperative complications in an Australian hospital.
A simple nutritional assessment was performed in 92 consecutive patients undergoing abdominal surgery, excluding appendicitis. The patients were given a nutritional score, and on the basis of that score were described as malnourished or normal. There was a statistically significant increase in postoperative complications in the malnourished group. This increase was observed in both the major and the minor complication groups, and also when septic and non-septic, and wound and non-wound, complications were considered.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D001315:Australia; D003201:Computers; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011183:Postoperative Complications