Why the study?
Does postoperative nutritional intake (fed vs fasted) affect whole-body protein metabolism in patients undergoing elective surgery?
Population
Patients undergoing elective surgery (n=10)
Comparison
Postoperative feeding (n=3) or fasting (n=7) vs Pre-operative fed state
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Postoperative period
Authors
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May support protein synthesis with postoperative feeding; leaves open effects on clinical recovery pending randomized trials.
Does postoperative nutritional intake (fed vs fasted) affect whole-body protein metabolism in patients undergoing elective surgery?
Following surgical trauma, whole-body protein breakdown appears obligatory, whereas protein synthesis is dependent on nutritional substrate availability.
Clague et al. (1983) studied this question.
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