A U.S. survey of pre-operative carbohydrate-containing beverage use in colorectal enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs.
Sunitha M SinghAsha LiverpoolJamie L RomeiserJoshua D MillerJulie ThackerTong J GanElliott Bennett-GuerreroPublished in: Perioperative medicine (London, England) (2021)
This survey finds a high use of CHO-containing beverages in colorectal ERAS programs. More than half of all programs administer a CHO-containing beverage to patients with diabetes, and surprisingly, there is significant use of simple carbohydrate beverages in patients with diabetes receiving insulin.