Fit for surgery: An expert panel review on optimising patients prior to surgery, with a particular focus on nutrition

This article represents the views of an international group of surgeons on the need for pre-operative optimisation of patient's nutritional status prior to elective surgery as a means of reducing postoperative infective complications

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Published inThe surgeon (Edinburgh) Vol. 2; no. 6; pp. 315 - 319
Main Authors Windsor, A., Braga, M., Martindale, R., Buenos, P., Tepaske, R., Kraehenbuehl, L., Weimann, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Edinburgh Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2004
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
elective surgery
enteral nutrition
General aspects
immunonutrition
Immunosuppression
Medical sciences
post-operative infections
enteral nutrition
post-operative infections
elective surgery
Immunosuppression
immunonutrition
Human
Medicine
Treatment
Nutrition
Surgery
Expert
Review
Bibliographic review
Feeding
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Summary:This article represents the views of an international group of surgeons on the need for pre-operative optimisation of patient's nutritional status prior to elective surgery as a means of reducing postoperative infective complications
ISSN:1479-666X
2405-5840
DOI:10.1016/S1479-666X(04)80029-5