What's new in perioperative nutritional support?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-348

  Awad, Sherif ^a   Lobo, Dileep N ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malnourished; Nutrition; Outcomes; Perioperative; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUTAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CONVALESCENCE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC STRESS; METABOLISM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENTS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 79960096267     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328345865e     Document Type: Article

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