2024
Impact of preoperative nutritional status on morbidity and mortality in elderly patients undergoing subdural hematoma evacuation: the role of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index.
Serrato P, Craft S, Sayeed S, Hengartner A, Belkasim S, Sadeghzadeh S, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Impact of preoperative nutritional status on morbidity and mortality in elderly patients undergoing subdural hematoma evacuation: the role of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2024, 1-11. PMID: 39546774, DOI: 10.3171/2024.7.jns24875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeriatric Nutritional Risk IndexLength of hospital stayPreoperative nutritional statusSubdural hematoma evacuationAssociated with increased oddsNutritional risk indexProportion of patientsHematoma evacuationAdverse eventsShort-term outcomesMalnourished statusNutritional statusNonroutine dischargeElderly patientsImpact of preoperative nutritional statusAmerican College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseMultivariate logistic regression analysisExtended length of hospital staySevere adverse eventsRetrospective cohort studyPostoperative adverse eventsMinor adverse events
2016
Preoperative Nutritional Status is an Independent Predictor of 30-day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Mehta AI, Cheng J, Bagley CA, Karikari IO. Preoperative Nutritional Status is an Independent Predictor of 30-day Hospital Readmission After Elective Spine Surgery. Spine 2016, 41: 1400-1404. PMID: 26953667, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective spine surgeryPreoperative serum albumin levelDays of dischargeIndependent risk factorSerum albumin levelHospital readmissionSpine surgeryRisk factorsReadmission ratesPreoperative malnutritionMalnourished patientsAlbumin levelsIndependent predictorsThirty-day hospital readmission ratesNutritional statusMultivariate logistic regression analysisPre-operative malnutritionPreoperative nutritional statusUnplanned hospital readmissionModifiable risk factorsPostoperative complication rateRetrospective cohort reviewHospital readmission ratesIdentification of patientsMajor academic medical center