Preoperative Nutritional Status and Its Consequences on Abdominal Surgery in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Observational Study

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Comparison of length of stay in patients undergoing abdominal surgery with normal nutritional status (gray bar) and underweight (red bar); patients with postoperative weight loss (red bar); and no change or gain weight (gray bar) among those undergoing abdominal surgery in hospitals at Wolaita zone in southern Ethiopia, October 2016. NRI: nutritional risk index; BMI: body mass index; weight loss: postoperative weight loss.