ArticleBurns & trauma2021
The prognostic nutritional index on postoperative day one is associated with one-year mortality after burn surgery in elderly patients.
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- Dental Status and 30-Day Postoperative Pneumonia in Burn Surgery Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Predictors of Mortality and Outcomes in Older Adult Burn Patient Subgroups: A Comparative Meta-analysis of Age, Burn Severity, and Intervention Strategies.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Association between the prognostic nutritional index and early mortality of AML patients after allogeneic HSCT: a retrospective cohort analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Correlation Between Prognostic Nutritional Index and Heart Failure in Adults with Diabetes in the United States: Study Results from NHANES (1999-2016).Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- The Addition of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index to the Prognostic Scoring Systems Did Not Improve Mortality Prediction in Trauma Patients in the Intensive Care Unit.Emergency medicine international · 2023Article
- Association between the Lymphocyte-to-C-Reactive Protein Ratio and Survival Outcomes in Cancer Patients with GLIM-Defined Malnutrition: A Multicenter Study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2022Article
- Red cell distribution width/albumin ratio and 90-day mortality after burn surgery.Burns & trauma · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundBurn injury in elderly patients can result in poor outcomes. Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) can predict the perioperative nutritional status and postoperative outcomes. We aim to evaluate the risk factors, including PNI, for one-year mortality after burn surgery in elderly patients.
methodsBurn patients aged ≥65 years were retrospectively included. PNI was calculated using the following equation: 10 × serum albumin level (g/dL) + 0.005 × total lymphocyte count (per mm
resultsPostoperative one-year mortality occurred in 71 (37.6%) of the 189 elderly burn patients. Risk factors for one-year mortality were PNI on postoperative day one (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.872; 95% CI = 0.812-0.936;
conclusionsPNI on postoperative day one was associated with postoperative one-year mortality in elderly burn patients. The postoperative one-year survival rate was lower in patients with PNI ≤25.5 than in those with PNI >25.5. These findings indicate the importance of identifying elderly burn patients with low PNI, thereby reducing the mortality after burn surgery.
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