CNS Guidelines Podcast_ Preoperative Nutritional Assessment
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Preoperative malnutrition has been implicated in adverse events after elective surgery, potentially impacting patient outcomes. As a potentially modifiable risk factor, this guideline attempts to determine which assessments of nutritional status were associated with specific adverse events after spine surgery. In addition, this guideline explores if a preoperative nutritional improvement intervention may be beneficial in lowering the rates of these adverse events.
J. Bradley Elder, MD
Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH
Gabrielle Santangelo, MD
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