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10331336

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Allowing a patient's nutritional state to deteriorate through the perioperative period adversely affects measureable outcome related to nosocomial infection, multiple organ dysfunction, wound healing, and functional recovery. Careful preoperative nutritional assessment should include a determination of the level of stress, an evaluation of the status of the GI tract, and the development of specific plans for securing enteral access. Patients already demonstrating compromise of nutritional status (defined by > 10% weight loss and serum albumin level < 2.5 g/dL) should be considered for a minimum of 7 to 10 days of nutritional repletion prior to surgery. Widespread use of total parenteral nutrition in unselected patients is unwarranted, may actually worsen outcome, and should be reserved for preoperative nutritional support only in severely malnourished patients in whom the GI tract is unavailable. Compared with the parenteral route, use of perioperative enteral feeding has been shown to provide more consistent and beneficial results, and can be expected to promote specific advantages in long-term morbidity and mortality.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
64S-70S
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Preoperative issues in clinical nutrition.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, KY 40292, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review