Abstract Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) evidence-based protocols
for perioperative care have led to improvements in outcomes in numerous surgical areas …

Objective Despite surgical, technological, medical, and anesthetic improvements, patient
outcomes following elective neurosurgical procedures can be associated with high …

Abstract Objective The Covid-19 pandemic has wrought disruption to everyday life and
services, and emerging evidence suggests that those with eating disorders (EDs) are likely …

Background: Serum albumin level is the most well-established serum marker of malnutrition,
with a serum albumin concentration< 3.5 g/dL considered to be suggestive of malnutrition …

Backgroud Surigical site infection has been a challenge for surgeons for many years, the
prevalence of serum albumin< 3.5 g/dL has been reported to be associated with increased …

Study Design. A retrospective review of data collected prospectively by the American
College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) following spinal surgery is a frequent clinical
problem with significant clinical and socio-economic consequences. Malnutrition has been …

Low serum albumin has been shown in the primary joint arthroplasty setting to increase the
rate of perioperative complications. Our present work examined a large national inpatient …

Study Design. Retrospective database review. Objective. To quantify the medical and
surgical risks associated with elective lumbar spine fusion surgery in patients with poor …

Background Although serum albumin levels are increasingly used as an indicator of
nutritional status in the clinic, the relationship between perioperative hypoalbuminemia and …