Adults are living longer, and cardiovascular disease is endemic in the growing population of
older adults who are surviving into old age. Functional capacity is a key metric in this …

Nutrition support is increasingly recognized as a clinically relevant aspect of the intensive
care treatment of cardiac surgery patients. However, evidence from adequate large-scale …

Background & aims Malnutrition is common in hip fracture elderly patients. There is no gold
standard for screening nutritional risk. We compared the adequacy of 3 screening tools, their …

During ageing molecular damage leads to the accumulation of several hallmarks of ageing
including mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, genetic instability and chronic …

The perioperative nutritional status of patients undergoing cardiac surgery influences
outcomes; therefore nutritional support is essential for these patients. Owing to the lack of …

Purpose Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is an intervention with significant inflammatory
response. The impact of additional doses of tranexamic acid (TXA) on inflammatory …

Objective This study evaluated the effectiveness, feasibility, and safety of early rehabilitation
for patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Methods In a three-arm …

Background Preoperative nutritional status and physical function are important predictors of
mortality and morbidity after cardiac surgery. However, the influence of nutritional status …

Background It has been reported that the inflammatory process plays a role in the
pathophysiology of frailty in elderly individuals and that diet is effective in regulating chronic …

Background Although perioperative care during heart surgery has improved considerably,
the rate of postoperative complications has remained stable. It has not been concluded how …