title: Fit for surgery: an expert panel review on optmising patients prior to surgery, with a particular focus on nutrition.
abstract: This article represents the views of an international group of surgeons on the need for pre-operative optimisation of patient's nutritional status prior to elective surgery as a means of reducing post-operative infective complications.
authors.affiliation: St Mark's Hospital, London, UK. alwindsor@aol.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Windsor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martindale
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buenos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tepaske
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kraehenbuehl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weimann
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*