Hypoalbuminemia is an Independent Risk Factor for 30-Day Mortality, Postoperative Complications, Readmission, and Reoperation in the Operative Lower Extremity Orthopedic Trauma Patient

AbstractIntroduction:Malnutrition, as indicated by hypoalbuminemia, is known to have detrimental effects on outcomes following arthroplasty, geriatric hip fractures, and multiple general surgeries. Hypoalbuminemia has been examined in the critically ill but has largely been ignored in the orthopedic