ASA: Repeated Fasting Increases Malnutrition Risk in Patients Undergoing Multiple Surgeries

Malnutrition is more likely among patients undergoing multiple orthopedic surgeries, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, held from Oct. 18 to 22 in Philadelphia.

Ivie Izekor, from Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Medicine in College Station, and colleagues compared the odds of malnutrition for patients with different numbers of orthopedic surgeries in a study of 28,475,485 patients, of which 6.5 percent were diagnosed with malnutrition.

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