J Korean Med Assoc.  2014 Jun;57(6):500-507. 10.5124/jkma.2014.57.6.500.

Perioperative nutritional therapy for surgical patients

• Shin D

• KMID: 1958087
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2014.57.6.500

Abstract

Malnutrition of hospitalized patients is a prevailing issue, especially in the perioperative period. As the elderly population increases progressively, surgeons should become more alert to preventing the risk of iatrogenic malnutrition. The consequences of malnutrition, such as delayed wound healing, exposure to infection, pressure sores, gastrointestinal bacterial overgrowth, and compromised immunity can be prevented or attenuated by vigorous nutritional support. Enhanced recovery after surgery is a multimodal perioperative care pathway designed to achieve early recovery for patients undergoing major surgery, in which nutritional intervention is the most important and integral part. Preoperative nutritional assessment, intraoperative considerations against postoperative nutritional problems, and an appropriate postoperative nutritional supply will result in better outcomes of surgery, and, in turn, in reduced postoperative complications, shorter hospital stays, and decreased medical costs. Though enteral nutrition is preferable over parenteral nutrition, parenteral nutrition should be supplemented selectively in those for whom enteral nutrition will inevitably be inadequate.

Keyword

Perioperative period; Enteral nutrition; Parenteral nutrition

MeSH Terms

Aged
Enteral Nutrition
Humans
Length of Stay
Malnutrition
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Support
Parenteral Nutrition
Perioperative Care
Perioperative Period
Postoperative Complications
Pressure Ulcer
Wound Healing

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  Figure 1 Enhanced recovery after surgery protocol (From Varadhan KK, et al. Crit Care Clin 2010;26:527-547 with permission from Elsevier) [9]

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