Nutritional considerations in the surgical patient.
The nutritional status of the patient is integral to the care of the patient. Nutritional assessment and management begins with the initial patient contact and continues into the postoperative period.
Badwal
Roger S
RS
School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-1720, USA.
Bennett
Jeffrey
J
D016207:Cytokines / Q000032:analysis*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D019990:Perioperative Care; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
D016207:Cytokines