The need for nutritional assessment and interventions based on the prognostic nutritional index for patients with femoral fractures: a retrospective study

Abstract Background The incidence of adverse perioperative outcomes in surgery for femoral fractures is high and associated with malnutrition. Here, we identified independent factors and assessed the predictive value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) for perioperative adverse outcomes in pat...

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Main Authors: Miao He, Qinghong Fan, Yuhang Zhu, Dexing Liu, Xingxing Liu, Shan Xu, Jiachen Peng, Zhaoqiong Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-12-01
Series:Perioperative Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-021-00232-1