Nutritional status marks your
health status. Factors like serum levels, weight and other issues determine
nutritional status. “ABCD” are factors taken into
account – Anthropomorphic status (weight/body), Biochemical
(blood tests), Clinical (how well the body functions work as checked by a
physician) and Dietary (what you eat). Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc can discover much about the nutritional status of a Fort Wayne
chiropractic patient during the first clinical Fort Wayne
chiropractic examination and set up a treatment plan to address any nutritional concerns that pop
up especially in patients who may be at
risk for a back surgery or any other surgical intervention for that matter.
A good pre-surgical nutritional status will facilitate
Fort Wayne post-surgical healing and decrease
Fort Wayne post-back surgical complications.Good status also helps healing with non-surgical care!
One test that is a good sign of your
Fort Wayne nutritional status is the serum albumin concentration. Researchers
talk about how nutritional status shares
postsurgical healing and outcomes. Specifically, hypoalbumin
levels – low levels under 3.5 g/dL – mark a
malnourished state and are indicative of post-surgical
recovery complication rates, particularly for patients who experience
anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Patients with low albumin concentrations
before surgery had higher rates of having any major
postoperative complication(s) like pulmonary, cardiac and reoperation as well
as longer stays in the hospital. (1) In one study, 28% of patients were found to be malnourished and more
likely to have a postoperative complication and a longer hospital stay (8.67
days instead of 3.8 days). 14.48% of these spine surgery patients were
re-admitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Malnourished patients’
re-admission rate (27.5%) was three times that of nourished patients (9.52%). Post-surgical
readmission rates can be influenced by pre-operative nutritional
status, an issue that a patient can deal with before the surgery. (2) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc can help you get
a Fort Wayne blood test to check your levels. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc considers statistics like this and appreciates how
important nutrition is for our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients’ health
and healing as well as their spine care. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is ready
to help improve your nutritional status for optimal
healing preoperatively, postoperatively and back surgery-preventatively!
Lastly,
the nutritional status of spine surgery patients at an orthopedic hospital was gathered
using the Nutritional Risk Score 2002 at admission and discharge. Their nutritional status – nutritional risk,
malnutrition, overweight and obesity – and nutritional support at the hospital
after surgery play influential roles in patient recovery. 88%
of patients who were nutritionally at-risk got
nutritional support while staying in the hospital. These
nutritional status factors changed: nutritional risk increased from 11.6% to
19.4%; malnutrition status increased from 12.7% to 20.6%; overweight status
decreased from 35.9% to 31.0%; and obesity status reduced from 7.41% to 5.79%.
Bottomline: the incidence of nutritional risk and malnutrition increased
significantly. That’s not good! (3)
While these stats did not put the hospital care in a
good light, they did alert the hospital to be more cognizant and ready to
help these patients who come in for surgical procedures with a known risk. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc searches for
ways to address Fort Wayne health issues by looking
for them early on!
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc looks to help Fort Wayne back pain patients stay away from
back surgery if possible, and Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is also effective at helping
our back pain patients attain good nutritional and physical
shape pre- and post-surgically as needed. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
is poised to work with Fort Wayne
back pain patients who want to get into good shape and keep surgery
at bay when possible. It’s not always
a simple journey to a healthy nutritional status, but it’s a valuable one for your physical body’s
health and potential healing if surgery is called for as well as when a non-surgical healing approach is chosen.
Rely on Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc, your back pain specialty practice, to be your Fort Wayne nutritional status guide.
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