title: Reducing elective vascular surgery perioperative risk with brief preoperative dietary restriction.
abstract: Brief preoperative dietary interventions emphasizing reduced calorie and protein intake will decrease perioperative morbidity and mortality associated with vascular operative procedures by modulating maladaptive response to operative stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics & Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. jmitchel@hpsh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: Louis L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: C Keith
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Ozaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D031204:Caloric Restriction; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects