Nutrition Optimization Prior to Surgery

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-21

  Evans, David C ^a   Martindale, Robert G ^b   Kiraly, Laszlo N ^b   Jones, Christopher M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

enteral nutrition; nutrition assessment; nutritional support; parenteral nutrition; preoperative care; preoperative period; surgery

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

DIET THERAPY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR SURGERY; MICROBIOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE NUTRITION; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGERY;

ARGININE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84893065471     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533613517006     Document Type: Review

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