Special nutritional needs of surgical patients.
Hospital-induced malnutrition has long been recognised as a problem, particularly as the very group of people who find themselves in a hospital for treatment, whether for long- or relatively short-term treatment are, almost by definition, at risk. This paper seeks to identify the causes of treatment induced malnutrition and discusses methods that can be successfully used to overcome this avoidable condition.
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D001481:Basal Metabolism; D005260:Female; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*