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It also aimed to evaluate the role of the standard preoperative variables like metabolic equivalents, revised cardiac risk index (RCRI), serum albumin, and serum creatinine along with their association with HGS testing in determining the postoperative outcome in surgical patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This prospective observational study included 149 American Society of Anesthesiologists class III\/IV patients presenting for major abdominal surgery. A mean of three measurements of dominant HGS using Camry hand dynamometer was measured. The patients were divided into groups: weak, normal, and strong depending on grip strength. Patients were followed for 30 days and postoperative outcome in terms of ventilatory support, admission to intensive care unit, cardiac complications, in-hospital mortality, and LOS were recorded. Observational data obtained were reported as mean value and analyzed using Student\u2019s\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test or Wilcoxon\/Mann\u2013Whitney Rank test. Associations between RCRI, serum albumin, and LOS with HGS were evaluated using logistic regression.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The hospital LOS was significantly longer in patients with weak HGS (15.11 \u00b1 11.03 days versus 10 \u00b1 5.71 days,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001). Patients with weak HGS had significantly lower mean serum albumin levels compared to normal HGS (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.0001) and a statistically significant RCRI score (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.013).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>HGS can be used as a preoperative test in predicting hospital LOS after major surgery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/joacp.joacp_510_20","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,11]],"date-time":"2022-10-11T11:28:33Z","timestamp":1665487713000},"page":"440-444","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Role of handgrip strength testing in 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