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To assess the prevalence of malnutrition screening and evaluate the impact of daily oral nutritional supplements on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing gastrointestinal cancer surgery.

June 1, 2025Open Access

Malnourished, gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing surgery: burden of nutritional risk, use of oral nutritional supplements, and impact on health outcomes.

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HSHanping ShiCapital Medical University XWXuefei WangFudan University WKWeiming KangTongji University

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Retrospective review demonstrates high malnutrition risk and potential benefits of oral nutritional supplements in gastrointestinal surgery patients, highlighting critical gaps in routine screening.

Key Points

To assess the prevalence of malnutrition screening and evaluate the impact of daily oral nutritional supplements on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing gastrointestinal cancer surgery.
Retrospective medical record review of 349 adult patients undergoing surgery for gastric, colon, or anorectal cancers across urban hospitals in an Asian nation.
Identified nutritional risk primarily via the Nutrition Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002) and compared postoperative outcomes between malnourished patients who received daily oral nutritional supplements (ONS) and those who did not.
Only 20% of patients received admission nutritional screening or assessment, among whom nearly 60% were identified as malnourished.
Malnourished patients receiving ONS experienced fewer complications and a 1-day reduction in hospital length of stay, though small subgroup sample sizes precluded statistical significance.

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Shi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8248ee24df062650b4b26a https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.202506_34(3).0007

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June 1, 2025Open Access

Malnourished, gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing surgery: burden of nutritional risk, use of oral nutritional supplements, and impact on health outcomes.

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Authors

HSHanping ShiCapital Medical University XWXuefei WangFudan University WKWeiming KangTongji University

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Implication

Retrospective review demonstrates high malnutrition risk and potential benefits of oral nutritional supplements in gastrointestinal surgery patients, highlighting critical gaps in routine screening.

Key Points

To assess the prevalence of malnutrition screening and evaluate the impact of daily oral nutritional supplements on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing gastrointestinal cancer surgery.
Retrospective medical record review of 349 adult patients undergoing surgery for gastric, colon, or anorectal cancers across urban hospitals in an Asian nation.
Identified nutritional risk primarily via the Nutrition Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002) and compared postoperative outcomes between malnourished patients who received daily oral nutritional supplements (ONS) and those who did not.
Only 20% of patients received admission nutritional screening or assessment, among whom nearly 60% were identified as malnourished.
Malnourished patients receiving ONS experienced fewer complications and a 1-day reduction in hospital length of stay, though small subgroup sample sizes precluded statistical significance.

Cite This Study

Shi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8248ee24df062650b4b26a https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.202506_34(3).0007

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