An increasing trend of the incidence of complications was seen with an increase in the severity of malnutrition, whereas when the Mann-Whitney test was applied, absolute lymphocyte count <2300, serum albumin <3.5, Hb <11, ASA score>2, packed cell volume (PCV) <32, and age >53 correlated with postoperative complications.
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A Prospective Review of Preoperative Nutritional Status and Its Influence on the Outcome of Abdominal Surgery.
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