European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
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Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg · Jun 2007
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialPreoperative nutritional status predicts the severity of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) following major vascular surgery.
This study examined the relationship between pre-operative nutritional status and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) or sepsis following major vascular surgery. ⋯ Lower pre-operative nutritional indices, indicating protein energy malnutrition, were associated with more severe systemic inflammatory responses following major vascular surgery.