Impact of perioperative nutritional status on the outcome of abdominal surgery in a sub-Saharan Africa setting

Impact of perioperative nutritional status on the outcome of abdominal surgery in a sub-Saharan Africa setting

Abstract Background Malnutrition is a clinical condition of multifactorial etiologies and it is associated with several adverse outcomes. In high-income countries, malnutrition has been described as a determinant of delayed wound healing, surgical site infections and mortality in the postoperative p...

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Main Authors: Christian Gael Mambou Tebou, Mazou N. Temgoua, Agnès Esiene, Blondel Oumarou Nana, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Eugène Sobngwi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Abdominal surgery
Nutritional status
Perioperative period
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2765-8

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