Nutritional support of the obese and critically ill obese patient

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 837-855

  Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^a   Shikora, Scott A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric; Critically ill; Nutrition; Obese

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CITRATE CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS SULFATE; GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; IRON; LIPID; MULTIVITAMIN; PROTEIN; SILASTIC; THIAMINE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEHYDRATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FLUID THERAPY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTRIC BANDING; GOLD STANDARD; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIPID ABSORPTION; LOW CALORY DIET; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALABSORPTION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79960635123     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.04.009     Document Type: Review

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