title: Perioperative and postoperative nutrition.
abstract: Nutritional deficiency among hospitalized patients is common, and is often unrecognized and untreated. Perioperative starvation is detrimental to recovery. Nutritional support can reduce morbidity, mortality and length of hospital stay. This article reviews the evidence for parenteral, enteral and oral nutritional support in the perioperative and postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH.
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Lidder
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D004435:Eating; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control