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Pediatric perioperative nutritional assessment and support
Maria Fomina1, Tatyana Borovik1,2, Aleksey Gusev1,3
1FSAI "National Medical Research Center of Children's Health" of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Insights
Optimizing perioperative nutritional support for pediatric surgical patients is crucial. Guidelines aim to improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs associated with pediatric malnutrition and surgical risk.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Surgery
- Nutritional Science
- Healthcare Management
Background:
- Pediatric malnutrition poses significant risks and healthcare burdens, especially in regions with high surgical needs.
- Millions of children undergo surgery globally for various conditions, necessitating effective nutritional management.
- Existing guidelines for perioperative pediatric nutrition require evaluation for practical implementation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critically assess current perioperative pediatric nutrition guidelines.
- Evaluate guidelines based on availability, utility, affordability, and accuracy.
- Provide an evidence-based approach to optimize nutritional care in pediatric surgery.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review and critique of existing pediatric perioperative nutrition guidelines.
- Analysis of nutritional methodologies and their advantages/limitations.
- Development of an algorithmic approach for perioperative decision-making.
Main Results:
- Identified variability in the availability, utility, and affordability of current guidelines.
- Highlighted the need for accurate and accessible nutritional assessment tools.
- Demonstrated the potential of algorithmic decision-making to improve outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Perioperative nutritional support is vital for reducing pediatric surgical risks and healthcare costs.
- Strategic nutritional management guidelines are essential for optimizing care in pediatric surgery.
- Routine monitoring of nutritional status enhances surgical risk management and cost-effectiveness.
Abstract:
Perioperative nutritional support reduces the healthcare burden of pediatric malnutrition and its risk. Strategic preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic nutritional management guidelines are now available for their optimization. The global needs for pediatric surgery are vast, amounting to millions of children and adolescents, with a corresponding workforce requirement, especially in less socioeconomically developed regions, and where malnutrition is endemic. Acute and elective surgery from neonate to adolescent, for congenital to infective, neoplastic and traumatic conditions, are involved. To identify, highlight and critique current perioperative pediatric nutrition guidelines with regard to availability, utility, affordability and accuracy. Advantages and limitations of nutritional methodologies are taken into account in an algorithmic approach to perioperative decision-making to optimise outcomes. Routine documentation, monitoring and surveillance of pediatric nutritional status as a contributor to surgical risk management should increase its benefits, and reduce costs.
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