Preoperative malnutrition as an independent risk factor for the postoperative mortality in elderly Chinese individuals undergoing hip surgery: a single-center observational study

• Main Authors: Long Feng (Author), Wenji Chen (Author), Ping Ping (Author), Tao Ma (Author), Yang Li (Author), Longhe Xu (Author), Zeguo Feng (Author), Yali Zhao (Author), Shihui Fu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Malnutrition is prevalent in elderly with hip fracture and higher than in community-dwelling older adults. Scarce studies have examined the association between preoperative malnutrition and postoperative mortality in elderly Chinese individuals with hip fracture. This study was designed t...