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Does perioperative oral nutrition improve outcomes in surgical patients compared to overnight fasting?
Does perioperative oral nutrition improve outcomes in surgical patients compared to overnight fasting?
This review highlights the tolerability and potential benefits of perioperative oral nutrition, challenging the traditional practice of overnight fasting.
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May support earlier oral nutrition after elective surgery; leaves open outcome benefits versus fasting in prospective trials.
Much attention has been paid to perioperative intravenous nutrition and postoperative enteral nutrition but the literature concerning perioperative oral nutrition is sparse. This review will draw attention to new ideas about preoperative feeding instead of overnight fasting, it will show that immediate postoperative oral nutrition is tolerated in significant amounts, that liquid supplements may be given routinely after elective surgery, and that it is worth giving dietary advice to malnourished patients on discharge from hospital.
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Hessov et al. (1998) studied this question.
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