Impact of nutritional status/risk and post-operative nutritional management on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery: a prospective observational study.

Karthika Narendra Nicole K Kiss Claire MargerisonB JohnstonB Chapman

Published in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2020)

Poor early post-operative nutritional status/risk is associated with longer post-operative LOS in patients undergoing GI surgery, which may facilitate simple identification of patients at high priority for nutritional intervention. The present study highlights the heterogeneity in post-operative nutritional management practices.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
randomized controlled trial
healthcare
primary care
surgical site infection
single cell
percutaneous coronary intervention