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[Perioperative nutrition].

A Zarazaga Monzón1

  • 1Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.

Nutricion Hospitalaria
|November 5, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Early nutritional support is crucial for hospitalized surgical patients, especially those with malnutrition. Timely enteral nutrition improves surgical outcomes and reduces complications, mortality, and hospital stays.

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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Surgical Patient Care
  • Gastrointestinal Physiology

Context:

  • High incidence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients, worsening during hospital stay.
  • Surgical patients face increased nutritional needs due to pre-existing malnutrition and surgical stress.
  • Malnutrition is linked to increased morbidity, mortality, and prolonged hospitalizations.

Purpose:

  • To highlight the importance of early and adequate nutritional intervention in surgical patients.
  • To emphasize the shift towards early post-operative enteral nutrition over prolonged intestinal rest.
  • To discuss the benefits of immunomodulatory diets in specific patient populations.

Summary:

  • Malnutrition significantly worsens surgical patient outcomes, increasing morbidity and mortality.
  • Early enteral nutrition is now recommended post-operatively due to its physiological advantages.
  • Immunomodulatory diets can decrease infectious and hospitalization complications.

Impact:

  • Implementing adequate nutrition early favorably influences surgical results.
  • Rapid post-operative enteral nutrition is unanimously accepted for its benefits.
  • Peri-operative nutrition strategies should be individualized based on patient and disease characteristics.

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