title: [Nutritional therapy and the immune system].
abstract: Malnutrition is one of the consequences of chronic and neoplastic diseases. Therefore the attention has been paid recently to the most appropriate nutritional therapy in order to reduce the number of postoperative complications, mortality rates and the length of hospitalisation. Administered nutritional substances should cover basic and calorific demands. However it was observed that malnutrition leads to the state of immunosuppression. Several studies were carried out using potentially immunostimulating substances e.g. nucleotides, some of amino acids, vitamins and trace elements or unsaturated fatty acids, in addition to the nutritional support. The authors are presenting a review of the current state of knowledge and data from clinical trials on the immunostimulating role of the nutritional components.
authors.affiliation: I Katedra Chirurgii Ogólnej, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Turczynowski
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Szczepanik
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kłek
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007114:Immunization; D007902:Length of Stay; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000276:immunology*; D011044:Poland