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NELA, P-POSSUM, and Paraspinal Muscle Index in risk stratification of elderly patients undergoing emergency laparotomy.

BMC Geriatr · 2026 · PMC13330373 · PMID 42115939

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.17not close (p > 0.1)
Similarly, adding PNI to P-POSSUM increased the AUC to 0.858, but this difference also did not reach statistical significance (ΔAUC = 0.032, p = 0.17).

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