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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2021

Obesity: is it an additional risk factor in analyzing surgical outcomes in the South Indian population?

Divya Karanth, Veena L Karanth

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Article in Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Divya KaranthDepartment of Medical Education Kasturba Medical College MAHE, Karnataka, India.
Veena L KaranthDepartment of General Surgery Kasturba Medical College MAHE, Karnataka, India.
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study aims to determine whether obesity impacts surgical outcomes among patients undergoing surgery at the Surgery Unit in a tertiary care hospital.

methodsThis is a retrospective study. Data were retrieved from the medical records of patients who underwent surgery at a tertiary care hospital. Patient demographics, co-morbidities, intraoperative and postoperative pain scores and complications, if occurring, were compiled for each patient. Patients were subdivided into four subsets based on their disease profile. Each subset was divided into two groups based on their body mass index (BMI). Preoperative BMI greater than or equal to 25 kg/m

resultsThe study showed that there is a considerable increase in the duration of surgery in obese when compared to non-obese. 30 days readmission rate was higher among obese in all the subsets. We find that in the subset of non-infective conditions, post operative pain mean ranking score is greater among obese (128.8 vs 109.6).

conclusionsIn conclusion, the impact of obesity resulted in increased duration of surgery and post-operative pain. The association between obesity and surgical outcome shows the importance to further research to find a way to prevention of some of the complications of surgery that could occur in patients with high BMI.

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ObesityPostoperative ComplicationsBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansIndiaMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeBMIDuration of surgeryObesityPostoperative painRisk factorSurgery

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