Impaired Preoperative Nutritional Status as a Risk Factor for Postoperative Clinical Outcome

Completed

• Conditions: Nutritional Status

• Registration Number: NCT01492946
• Lead Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Brief Summary

The aim of this retrospective observational study is to determine the impact of preoperative nutritional status on postoperative outcome. Elective surgical patients were screened with Bio-Impedance-Analysis, Malnutritional Universal Screening Tool, and other variables for body composition. Outcome parameters were collected by patient chart review.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-05
• Primary Completion: 2010-11
• Study First Submitted: 2011-12-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-12-14
• Study First Posted: 2011-12-15
• Study Completion: 2012-07
• Status Verified: 2017-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-20
• Last Update Posted: 2017-01-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

1. Elective surgical intervention
2. Patients must be 18 years or older
3. Ambulation
4. ASA-Score I-IV
5. bioelectrical impedance analysis to determine the phase angle

Exclusion Criteria

1. Emergency surgery
2. Pregnancy
3. ASA Score V-VI
4. Amputated limbs
5. Pacemaker and defibrillators
6. Cerebrovascular events
7. Tattoos on the electrode locations

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Phase-angle	preoperative

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
body weight	preoperative
body mass index (BMI)	preoperative
preoperative weight loss	3 month weight loss before operation
hip/waist ratio	preoperative
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)	preoperative	The MUST is recommended by ESPEN as the preferred screening tool for patients in the community (Kondrup J et al., Clinical Nutrition 2003; 22: 415-421)
postoperative complications	postoperative	The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications (Dindo D., Demartines N., Clavien P.A.; Ann Surg. 2004; 244: 931-937)
Length of hospital stay	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine Campus Charité Mitte, Charite University,; 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany