Your health status and nutritional
status mirror each other. Nutritional status is measured by a mix of
factors: serum levels, weight, and other issues. “ABCD” are factors considered – Anthropomorphic status (weight/body), Biochemical
(blood tests), Clinical (how well the body functions work as checked by a
physician) and Dietary (what you eat). Back And Neck Care Center can discover much about the nutritional status of a Severna Park
chiropractic patient during the initial clinical Severna Park
chiropractic examination and set up a treatment plan to address any nutritional concerns that pop
up particularly in patients who may be susceptible to a back surgery or any other surgical intervention for that matter.
A good pre-surgical nutritional status will facilitate
Severna Park post-surgical healing and decrease
Severna Park post-back surgical complications.Good status also helps healing with non-surgical care!
One test that is a good sign of your
Severna Park nutritional status is the serum albumin concentration. Researchers
talk about how nutritional status shares
postsurgical outcomes and healing. 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. Low albumin concentrations in
patients
before surgery had higher rates of experiencing any major
postoperative complication(s) like pulmonary, cardiac and reoperation as well
as longer stays in the hospital. (1) In one study, malnourished patients
accounted for 28% 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%). Pre-operative
nutritional status is an independent risk factor for re-admission after spine
surgery that can certainly be remedied before a
surgical intervention. (2) Back And Neck Care Center can coordinate
a Severna Park blood test to check your levels. Back And Neck Care Center considers statistics like this and understands how
important nutrition is for our Severna Park chiropractic patients’ health
and healing as well as their spine care. Back And Neck Care Center is prepared
to help improve your nutritional status for optimal
healing preoperatively, postoperatively and back surgery-preventatively!
Lastly,
in a
study of spine surgery patients in an orthopedic hospital, nutritional status
was obtained when they were admitted and discharged via the Nutritional Risk
Score 2002. It was found that 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 had nutritional risk received
nutritional support while admitted to 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 is not very good! (3)
While these stats did not place 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. Back And Neck Care Center looks for
ways to prevent Severna Park health issues by checking
for them in advance!
Back And Neck Care Center certainly
wants to help Severna Park back pain patients stay away from
back surgery if possible, and Back And Neck Care Center is also effective at assisting
our back pain patients get into good nutritional and physical
shape before and after surgery as required. Back And Neck Care Center
is prepared to cooperate with Severna Park
back pain patients who desire a healthier nutritional status and keep surgery
at bay when possible. It’s not always
an easy journey to a healthy nutritional status, but it’s a worthy one for your physical body’s
health and future healing if surgery is called for as well as when a non-surgical healing approach is chosen.
Rely on Back And Neck Care Center, your back pain specialty practice, to be your Severna Park nutritional status guide.
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