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Advances in Perioperative Nutrition.

Stamatios Kokkinakis¹, Konstantinos Lasithiotakis¹

¹Department of Surgery, University General Hospital of Heraklion, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71500 Heraklion, Greece.

Journal of Clinical Medicine

|September 9, 2022

Summary

Prehabilitation is key for surgical patients. Optimizing nutrition in malnourished individuals improves outcomes.

Area of Science:

Surgical nutrition
Prehabilitation protocols
Patient optimization

Background:

Malnutrition is prevalent in surgical patients.
Nutritional status impacts surgical outcomes.
Prehabilitation aims to improve patient readiness for surgery.

Discussion:

Early identification of malnutrition is essential.
Nutritional interventions can mitigate risks.
Multidisciplinary approaches enhance prehabilitation effectiveness.

Key Insights:

Optimizing nutrition in malnourished surgical patients is critical.
Prehabilitation strategies should include nutritional assessment.
Tailored nutritional support improves recovery.

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