Phase Angle as a Prognostic Factor for Post-Operative Complications
Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA), and its parameter, phase angle, have been described as a prognostic tool in several clinical situations, but they have never been studied in surgical population
Here is an abstract from the study conducted by M.Barbosa-Silva, A.Barros to assess the importance of nutritional variables and parameters from BIA as predictors of post-operative complications in a multi variable regression model.
Weight loss greater than 10%, subjective global assessment, nutritional risk assessment, ECM/BCM ratio and phase angle (from BIA) were the prognostic factors significantly associated with post-operative complications in the crude analysis. After adjusting for sex, age, marital status, tumors and pre-operative infections, only phase angle remained as a prognostic factor (RR=4.3; CI95% 1.6–11.8 for phase angle <−0.8 sd), while the other nutritional variables lost their association with post-operative complications.
From the study it was concluded that Phase angle remains an important prognostic factor for postoperative complications, even after adjusting for other individual predictors and confounders.
PrognostiCheck® device measures Phase Angle and the values derived from Phase Angle are associated with improvement, disease progression and treatment efficacy and the timing of non-acute death.
January 21st, 2010 at 5:23 am
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