Author(s): Wu Guohao
Pages: 638-641
Year: 2015 Issue:  7
Journal: Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Keyword:  Gastrointestinal surgery; Peroperative period; Nutritional support;
Abstract: Patients with gastrointestinal disease usually suffer from malnutrition, which is associated with poorer outcome, including longer length of stay, poorer wound healing, more infectious complications, reduced quality of life and higher mortality. Thus, acknowledgement of nutritional risk and nutritional risk factors are mandatory for nutritional therapy, to reduce risk of adverse complications and to improve clinical outcome. This article addresses and updates recent advances in clinical nutrition regarding gastrointestinal disease surgery and physiological considerations, essential for planning relevant nutritional therapy throughout the treatment course.