Nutritional status denotes your
health status. Nutritional status is measured by many
factors: serum levels, weight, and other issues. “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). Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center can discover much about the nutritional status of a Paramus
chiropractic patient during the initial clinical Paramus
chiropractic examination and establish 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 help
Paramus post-surgical healing and diminish
Paramus post-back surgical problems.Good status also helps healing with non-surgical care!
One test that is a good indicator of your
Paramus nutritional status is the serum albumin concentration. Researchers
discuss how nutritional status affects
postsurgical healing and outcomes. Specifically, hypoalbumin
levels – low levels under 3.5 g/dL – indicate a
malnourished state and are indicative of post-surgical
recovery complication rates, especially for patients who experience
anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Patients who have low albumin concentrations
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, 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 address before the surgery. (2) Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center can help you get
a Paramus blood test to check your levels. Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center looks
at statistics like this and sees how
important nutrition is for our Paramus chiropractic patients’ health
and healing as well as their spine care. Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center is ready
to help raise 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 may not seem great
for the hospital care, they did put the hospital on
notice to do more to
help these patients who present
with a known risk before surgery. Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center looks for
ways to prevent Paramus health issues by looking
for them early on!
Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center looks to help Paramus back pain patients avoid
back surgery if possible, and Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center is also effective at directing
our back pain patients get into good nutritional and physical
shape pre- and post-surgically as required. Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center
is prepared to cooperate with Paramus
back pain patients who desire a healthier nutritional status and keep surgery
at bay whenever possible. It is not always
a simple path to a healthy nutritional status, but it’s a worthy 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.
Count on Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center, your back pain specialty practice, to be your Paramus nutritional status guide.