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). Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka can deduce
lots about the nutritional status of a Sitka
chiropractic patient during the initial clinical Sitka
chiropractic examination and set up a treatment plan to deal with any nutritional concerns that pop
up particularly in patients who may be at
risk for a back surgery or any other surgical intervention for that matter.
A good pre-surgical nutritional status will help
Sitka post-surgical healing and decrease
Sitka post-back surgical problems.Good status also helps healing with non-surgical care!
One test that is a good indicator of your
Sitka nutritional status is the serum albumin concentration. Researchers
talk about how nutritional status shares
postsurgical healing and outcomes. Specifically, hypoalbumin
levels – low levels under 3.5 g/dL – indicate a
malnourished state and are predictive 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 addressed before a
surgical intervention. (2) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka can coordinate
a Sitka blood test to check your levels. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka looks
at statistics like this and understands how
important nutrition is for our Sitka chiropractic patients’ health
and healing as well as their spine care. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is prepared
to help maximize your nutritional status for best
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 received
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 is not very good! (3)
While these stats may not seem good
for the hospital care, they did put the hospital on
notice to be more aware and ready to
help these patients who come in for surgical procedures with a known risk. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka looks for
ways to prevent Sitka health issues by checking
for them early on!
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka certainly
wants to help Sitka back pain patients stay away from
back surgery if possible, and Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is also effective at helping
our back pain patients get into good nutritional and physical
shape pre- and post-surgically as needed. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
is poised to cooperate with Sitka
back pain patients who desire a healthier nutritional status and keep surgery
at bay whenever feasible. It’s not always
a simple journey to a healthy nutritional status, but it’s a valuable 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 Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka, your back pain specialty practice, to be your Sitka nutritional status guide.