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Prophylactic nutrition.

E Poulin1

  • 1Division of General Surgery, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Université Laval, Quebec.

Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie
|December 1, 1991
PubMed
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Perioperative nutritional support, including enteral or parenteral methods, offers potential clinical benefits. Clinical judgment remains crucial due to limited data, especially for cancer patients and immunonutrition.

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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Surgical Nutrition
  • Oncology Nutrition

Background:

  • Perioperative nutritional support aims to improve patient outcomes.
  • Nutritional challenges are significant in cancer patients.
  • Immunonutrition represents a novel approach in nutritional therapy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the clinical benefits of preoperative and postoperative nutritional support.
  • To highlight considerations for cancer patients and immunonutrition.
  • To outline indications for perioperative nutritional support.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of enteral and parenteral nutritional support.
  • Discussion of nutritional support in cancer care.
  • Exploration of immunonutrition research.

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Main Results:

  • Potential clinical benefits of perioperative nutritional support are identified.
  • Specific considerations for cancer patients and immunonutrition are discussed.
  • Indications for nutritional support include prolonged fasting, extended illness duration, and malnutrition.

Conclusions:

  • Clinical judgment is essential in perioperative nutritional support decisions.
  • Evidence for prophylactic nutritional support is not uniformly accepted.
  • Indications guide the initiation of nutritional support for at-risk patients.