Body mass index as a predictor of complications and length of hospital stay after thoracic surgery Journal Article
| Authors: | Barrera, R.; Arslan, V.; Gebrayel, N.; Melendez, J. |
| Article Title: | Body mass index as a predictor of complications and length of hospital stay after thoracic surgery |
| Abstract: | Background: Body mass index (BMI) has been correlated to complications and outcome in surgical patients at the two extremes of the nutrition spectrum. Objective: To study the relationship between BMI, outcome, hospital length of stay and complications in oncology patients undergoing thoracic surgery. Design: The study population was divided according to BMI in normal weight patients (BMI = 18 to 25) and overweight patients (BMI > 25) and prospectively followed postoperative cardiac complications, pulmonary complications, and death. Charts were reviewed for length of hospital stay. Results: One hundred thirty-seven patients were studied. There were a total of 53 complications in 39 of 137 patients (BMI 26 ± 4). Thirty-five (25%) were pulmonary and 18 (13%) were cardiac complications. There was no correlation between BMI and either cardiac, pulmonary or all complications. Overweight patients spent an average of 6.8 ± 0.4 days and 20.5 ± 5.3 days if they had a complication, which was 8.0 ± 3.0 days more than compared with patients with normal BMI who had complications. Conclusions: Our data suggest that BMI has a strong correlation with length of hospital stay in surgical thoracic patients. Complications in a patient with an elevated BMI are associated with an increased length of stay after thoracic resection. Copyright © 2000 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. |
| Journal Title: | Nutrition in Clinical Practice |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 0884-5336 |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications |
| Date Published: | 2000-08-01 |
| Start Page: | 181 |
| End Page: | 184 |
| Language: | English |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI: | 10.1177/088453360001500405 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 18 November 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
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