Pre-operative total parenteral nutrition improves post-operative outcomes in a subset of Crohn's disease patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.

Fares AyoubAmir Y KamelAhmed OuniNaueen ChaudhryYan AderSanda TanAtif IqbalEllen M ZimmermannSarah C Glover

Published in: Gastroenterology report (2018)

In a subset of malnourished CD patients, TPN is safe and allows comparable operative outcomes to controls. Pre-operative TPN for ≥60 days reduced post-operative non-infectious complications without associated increase in infectious complications.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
risk factors
prognostic factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
patient reported