Publications by authors named "Maria Villajos-Guijarro"
Purpose: Analyse the influence of the nutritional status of older patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery on postoperative complications, mortality and mean length of hospital stay.
Methods: We performed a longitudinal observational study including patients older than 80 years who underwent emergency surgery by the general surgery service for abdominal pathology, who were followed by the geriatrics service between September 2018 and May 2021. Malnutrition was diagnosed using Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria, classifying patients as malnourished and normonourished.
Article Synopsis
- A study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of prehabilitation in elderly patients (80+) undergoing colorectal cancer surgery at a tertiary hospital from 2018 to 2022.
- Out of 184 patients, 126 underwent surgery, revealing high frailty rates in octogenarians (50%) and nonagenarians (86%) and recorded a low rate of post-surgical complications and mortality.
- Prehabilitation included physical exercise, nutritional support, and other treatments, showing that prehabilitation for very old patients can yield positive results in surgical settings.