Fit for surgery: An expert panel review on optimising patients prior to surgery, with a particular focus on nutrition

A. Windsor; M. Braga; R. Martindale; P. Buenos; R. Tepaske; L. Kraehenbuehl; A. Weimann

doi:10.1016/S1479-666X(04)80029-5

Fit for surgery: An expert panel review on optimising patients prior to surgery, with a particular focus on nutrition

A. Windsor, M. Braga, R. Martindale, P. Buenos, R. Tepaske, L. Kraehenbuehl, A. Weimann

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Abstract

This article represents the views of an international group of surgeons on the need for pre-operative optimisation of patient's nutritional status prior to elective surgery as a means of reducing post-operative infective complications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	315-319
Number of pages	5
Journal	Surgeon
Volume	2
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-666X(04)80029-5
State	Published - Dec 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Elective surgery
Enteral nutrition
Immunonutrition
Immunosuppression
Post-operative infections

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery

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