ArticleCancer management and research2021
Modified Frailty Index Independently Predicts Postoperative Pulmonary Infection in Elderly Patients Undergoing Radical Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer.
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- Frailty as a predictor of postoperative outcomes in older gastroesophageal cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
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- Summary of best evidence for prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications after surgery for patients undergoing gastric cancer operations.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Utility of the mFI-5 as a predictor of post-operative outcomes following gastrectomy for gastric cancer: an ACS-NSQIP analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Prognostic nutritional index and modified frailty index, independent risk factors for recompression in elderly patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Article
- Establishment of a prediction model of postoperative infection complications in patients with gastric cancer and its impact on prognosis.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Article
- Significance of Preoperative Pulmonary Function on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Following Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
- The 5-factor modified Frailty Index (mFI-5) predicts adverse outcomes after elective Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF).North American Spine Society journal · 2023Article
- Usefulness of the Modified Frailty Index for Predicting Pneumonia Occurrence After Esophagectomy.Yonago acta medica · 2023Article
- Modified Frailty Index and Albumin-Fibrinogen Ratio Predicts Postoperative Seroma After Laparoscopic TAPP.Clinical interventions in aging · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPulmonary infection is one of the most common postoperative complications after radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer (GC) and is associated with a poorer prognosis. This study aimed to investigate potential predictive factors for pulmonary infection in elderly GC patients.
methodsThis study retrospectively enrolled 346 elderly GC patients undergoing elective radical gastrectomy between January 2017 and December 2020. Pulmonary infection within postoperative 30 days was set as the primary observational endpoint. The baseline demographic, clinicopathological, and laboratory data were compared between patients with or without pulmonary infection. ROC curves were plotted to evaluate the cut-off and predictive values of factors. Binary univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to determine risk factors for postoperative pulmonary infection.
resultsOf the enrolled 346 patients, pulmonary infection was observed in 51 patients within postoperative 30 days, with an incidence of 14.7%. mFI was a significant predictor for pulmonary infection by ROC curve analysis (AUC: 0.770, P < 0.001). Moreover, preoperative mFI was the only independent risk factor for pulmonary infection (OR: 2.72, 95% CI: 2.02-3.31, P = 0.011) by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.
conclusionOur study indicates that mFI independently predicts pulmonary infection in elderly GC patients.
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