Abstract
One of the most important factors affecting outcome and recovery from surgical trauma is preoperative nutritional status. Research in perioperative nutritional support has suffered from a lack of consensus as to the definition of malnutrition, no recognition of which nutrients are important to surgical healing, and a paucity of well-designed studies. In the past decade, there has been some activity to address this situation, recognizing the importance of nutrition as a therapy before surgery, after surgery, and possibly even during surgery.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1181-1200 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Medical Clinics of North America |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2013 |
Keywords
- Arginine
- Immune-modulating nutrition
- Malnutrition classifications
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Perioperative nutrition
- Preoperative carbohydrate loading
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)