Preoperative prognostic nutritional index value as a predictive factor for postoperative delirium in older adult patients with hip fractures: a secondary analysis

Abstract Background Malnutrition is a common geriatric syndrome and can be targeted preoperatively to decrease the risk of postoperative delirium (POD) in older adult patients. To analyze the value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) to predict the incidence of POD in older adult patients with...

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Main Authors: Xinning Mi, Yunyang Jia, Yanan Song, Kaixi Liu, Taotao Liu, Dengyang Han, Ning Yang, Geng Wang, Xiangyang Guo, Yi Yuan, Zhengqian Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04629-z