The Role of Nutritional Status in Survival Outcomes After Major Surgeries
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 112
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Postoperative complications significantly impact long-term survival after major surgery, reducing patient survival. For older adults undergoing major surgery, functional, cognitive, and psychological measures are significantly associated with 1-year mortality. Specifically, dependence on the activities of daily living, the inability to walk several blocks, dementia, and depression are linked to higher mortality rates. These findings emphasize the importance of preventing complications and incorporating comprehensive preoperative assessments to enhance surgical decision-making and patient counseling.
Nutritional status also plays a critical role in determining a patient’s ability to recover from major surgeries. Poor nutrition is associated with weakened immune response, delayed wound healing, and increased susceptibility to infections, all of which can negatively impact postoperative outcomes. Understanding the relationship between a patient’s nutritional condition and their survival rates in major surgeries is crucial for improving preoperative assessments and developing interventions that enhance recovery and long-term survival. Despite the challenges in obtaining definitive evidence, healthcare professionals have a duty to ensure patients are properly nourished to meet their physiological requirements and improve clinical and quality of life outcomes.
In this Special Issue of Healthcare, we would like to extend an invitation to publish your latest research findings, focusing on the relationship between patients' nutritional status and surgical outcomes. Original research articles, reviews, case reports, research notes and short communications are all welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Zsófia Verzár
Dr. Tímea Csákvári
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nutrition
- surgery
- outcome
- survival
- obesity
- malnutrition
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