SynthesisThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2025
Sarcopenia and risk of postoperative pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Preoperative risk factors for postoperative pneumonia in patients with esophageal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgery today · 2026Pooled it
- Association of Combined Nutritional Risk and Oral Frailty Assessment with Postoperative Complications in Older Surgical Patients: A Pilot Cohort Study.JMA journal · 2026Article
- Comparative clinical utility of preoperative psoas muscle and skeletal muscle index cutoffs for risk stratification after esophagectomy.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Clinical and Perioperative Determinants of Postoperative Pneumonia After Craniotomy for Tumor Resection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Challenges and opportunities in the management of severe pneumonia. Key concepts from the Seventh Annual Meeting of Spanish Experts 2025.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2026Review
- Erector spinae muscle characteristics predict 90-day survival in elderly pneumonia patients.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Pneumonia Risk in Institutionalized Older Adults With Severe Functional Dependency: An Exploratory Analysis Using Standardized Long-Term Care Assessment Data.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Observational
- Perioperative Blood Biomarkers of Infectious and Non-Infectious Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Validation of blood-based indices associated with sarcopenia for the prediction of pneumonia and delirium in patients with acute withdrawal from excessive alcohol consumption.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Body Composition Changes in Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundIdentifying patients at risk for postoperative pneumonia and preventing it in advance is crucial for improving the prognoses of patients undergoing surgery. This review aimed to interpret the predictive value of sarcopenia on postoperative pneumonia.
methodsScience Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Embase, Medline, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched from inception to August 2nd, 2023 to retrieve eligible studies. The risk of bias was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). For each study, we computed the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for postoperative pneumonia in patients with and without preoperative sarcopenia, and the I-squared (I
resultsThe search identified 6530 studies, and 32 studies including 114,532 participants were analyzed in this review. In most of the studies included, the risk of bias was moderate. The most reported surgical site was the chest and abdomen, followed by the abdomen, chest, limbs and spine, and head and neck. Overall, patients with preoperative sarcopenia have a 2.62-fold increased risk of developing postoperative pneumonia compared to non-sarcopenic patients [OR 2.62 (I
conclusionsOur research findings indicate that preoperative sarcopenia significantly increases the risk of postoperative pneumonia. Future high-quality prospective studies and intervention studies are needed to validate the relationship between sarcopenia and postoperative pneumonia and improve patient outcomes.
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