Is oedema associated with clinical outcome following emergency abdominal surgery?
Generalised oedema is common after emergency abdominal surgery and appears to independently predict gastrointestinal recovery, the need for artificial nutritional support and survival. Oedema is not associated with commonly applied markers of nutritional status such as body mass index or recent weight loss. Measurement of oedema offers utility in identifying those at risk of poor clinical outcome or those requiring artificial nutritional support following emergency abdominal surgery.
HWI was positively and significantly related to high sickness absence duration and frequency during 12-months follow-up in male and female workers.