Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission rates of patients with malnutrition and/or neuromuscular complications after bariatric surgery

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Neurosciences Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI:10.17712/nsj.2022.3.20220021

S. Abdulrazzaq, W. El Ansari, Turki Al-Ahbabi

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Abstract

Objectives: To assess and compare the admission rates of medical complications (MC) after Bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) over a period of 6 years prior to and during the pandemic. Bariatric and metabolic surgery could be associated with MC, including malnutrition and neuromuscular complications (NC). Methods: Retrospective study of all patients admitted to Hamad General Hospital, Qatar, with post-BMS MC before (n=12, January 2014-December 2019) and during the pandemic (n=36, January 2020-31 May 2021). We assessed 17 nutrients, nerve conduction/electromyography diagnosed NC, and we explored whether patients had clustering of gastrointestinal symptoms, barium meal findings, excess weight loss percentage (EWL%), or non-compliance with post-BMS clinic visits and multivitamin supplements. Results: The sample comprised 95.8% sleeve gastrectomies, mean age was 26.62 years, and 54.2% were women. Admissions increased from pre-pandemic 0.29 per 100 BMS to 11.04 during the pandemic (p<0.0001), despite no significant differences in patients’ demographic/surgical profiles, nutrient deficiencies, or MC characteristics. Across the sample, the most frequent neuropathies were mixed sensory/motor/axonal; albumin and total protein deficiencies were observed in 54.2% and 29.2% of patients, respectively (no pre-pandemic/pandemic differences). Most frequent micronutrient and trace element deficiencies were potassium, vitamin D, and zinc (no pre-pandemic/pandemic differences). Admitted patients had high non-compliance with multivitamins supplementation (87.5%), high post-BMS nausea/vomiting (66.7%, 62.6%, respectively), high EWL% (mean=74.19±27.84%), no post-BMS outpatient follow up (75% during pre-pandemic, 88.9% during pandemic) (no pre-pandemic/pandemic differences for all), and gastroesophageal reflux (higher during the pandemic, p=0.016). Conclusion: Despite the reduced number of BMS during the pandemic, hospital admissions of MC significantly increased.

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COVID-19大流行对减肥手术后营养不良和/或神经肌肉并发症患者住院率的影响

目的：评估和比较疫情前和疫情期间6年内减肥和代谢手术（BMS）后并发症（MC）的入院率。减肥和代谢手术可能与MC有关，包括营养不良和神经肌肉并发症（NC）。方法：对卡塔尔哈马德综合医院在疫情前（2014年1月至2019年12月，n=12）和疫情期间（2021年1月30日至5月31日，n=36）入住BMS后MC的所有患者进行回顾性研究。我们评估了17种营养物质，神经传导/肌电图诊断为NC，并探讨了患者是否有胃肠道症状、钡餐检查结果、超重率（EWL%），或不遵守BMS后的临床就诊和多种维生素补充剂。结果：样本包括95.8%的袖状胃切除术，平均年龄26.62岁，54.2%为女性。尽管患者的人口统计学/外科特征、营养缺乏或MC特征没有显著差异，但入院人数从疫情前的0.29/100 BMS增加到疫情期间的11.04（p<0.0001）。在整个样本中，最常见的神经病变是感觉/运动/轴突混合；在54.2%和29.2%的患者中分别观察到白蛋白和总蛋白缺乏（在大流行前/大流行前没有差异）。最常见的微量营养素和微量元素缺乏是钾、维生素D和锌（在大流行前/大流行前没有差异）。入院患者对补充多种维生素的依从性很高（87.5%），BMS后恶心/呕吐很高（分别为66.7%、62.6%），EWL%很高（平均值=74.19±27.84%），没有BMS后门诊随访（疫情前75%，疫情期间88.9%）（所有患者在疫情前/疫情期间没有差异），和胃食管反流（疫情期间较高，p=0.016）。结论：尽管疫情期间BMS数量减少，但MC的住院人数显著增加。

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Neurosciences 医学-临床神经学

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4.5 months

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