Poor preoperative nutritional status is an important predictor of the retardation of rehabilitation after cardiac surgery in elderly cardiac patients.

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Preoperative nutritional status and physical function are important predictors of mortality and morbidity after cardiac surgery. However, the influence of nutritional status before cardiac surgery on physical function and the progress of postoperative rehabilitation requires clarification.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Aging Clin Exp Res

Title: Aging clinical and experimental research

Publisher: Springer Nature America, Inc

ISSN (Electronic): 1720-8319

ISSN (Print): 1594-0667

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2017

Volume: 29

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan.

[2 ] Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 654-0142, Japan.

[3 ] Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 654-0142, Japan. izawapk@ga2.so-net.ne.jp.

[4 ] Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

[5 ] Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

[6 ] Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s40520-016-0552-3

DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0552-3

PubMed ID: 26980452

SO-VID: 2d34d121-9146-4b03-ad31-f5af325d08bb

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Keywords: Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index,Nutritional status,Physical function,Postoperative rehabilitation,Cardiac surgery

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Keywords: Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index, Nutritional status, Physical function, Postoperative rehabilitation, Cardiac surgery

Poor preoperative nutritional status is an important predictor of the retardation of rehabilitation after cardiac surgery in elderly cardiac patients.

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