Key result
Preoperative hypoalbuminaemia was compared with NNIS and SENIC risk scores for predicting 30-day surgical site infection in a registry of 439 laparotomy patients.
Why the study?
Does preoperative hypoalbuminaemia predict surgical site infection as well as or better than NNIS and SENIC risk scores in laparotomy patients?
Cohort (n=439)
Does preoperative hypoalbuminaemia predict surgical site infection as well as or better than NNIS and SENIC risk scores in laparotomy patients?
Hypoalbuminaemia may support SSI risk assessment in laparotomy; leaves open comparative performance versus NNIS and SENIC in prospective cohorts.
Method: This was a sub-analysis of a pre-existing laparotomy patient registry (N = 439). Variables collected as part of the registry included preoperative serum albumin measurements and all parameters of the SENIC/NNIS risk scores. Preoperative hypoalbuminaemia was defined as preoperative serum albumin of < 30 g/L. The study outcome was SSI up to 30 days postoperatively. Overall predictive accuracy was determined through a receiver-operator-characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, with results presented as C-statistics (95% confidence intervals [CI]).
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Naidoo et al. (2020) conducted a cohort in Laparotomy (n=439). Preoperative hypoalbuminaemia vs. NNIS and SENIC risk scores was evaluated on Surgical site infection (SSI) up to 30 days postoperatively. Preoperative hypoalbuminaemia was compared with NNIS and SENIC risk scores for predicting 30-day surgical site infection in a registry of 439 laparotomy patients.
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