title: Clinical efficacy of perioperative nutrition support.
abstract: Despite a large number of published randomized prospective controlled clinical trials the indications for perioperative parenteral and enteral nutrition support remain controversial. This article reviews the reports of several recently published consensus conference reports and prospective randomized controlled trials evaluating nutritional therapy in surgical patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1093, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Satyanarayana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D015975:Consensus Development Conferences, NIH as Topic; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D018529:Nutritional Support; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D019990:Perioperative Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014481:United States