Handgrip strength and endurance as a predictor of postoperative morbidity in surgical patients: Can it serve as a simple bedside test?

International Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-121

  Mahalakshmi, V N ^a   Ananthakrishnan, N ^a   Kate, Vikram ^a   Sahai, A ^a   Trakroo, Madanmohan ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Handgrip manometry; Nutrition in surgical patients; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 3142736367     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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