[Application of specific nutrients for patients after surgery].
Special nutritional support containing glutamine, arginine, and omega-3 fatty acids has therapeutic and immunomodulatory effects, and can significantly reduce the incidence of postoperative infectious complications and length of hospital stay in surgical patients. This review provides a clinical update regarding the concept and the use of pharmaconutrition and immunonutrition in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery.
Department of General Surgery, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. prowugh@yahoo.com.cn
Guo-hao
GH
Wu
D001120:Arginine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005973:Glutamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans
D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D005973:Glutamine; D001120:Arginine