title: Patients requiring perioperative nutritional support.
abstract: One of the most important factors affecting outcome and recovery from surgical trauma is preoperative nutritional status. Research in perioperative nutritional support has suffered from a lack of consensus as to the definition of malnutrition, no recognition of which nutrients are important to surgical healing, and a paucity of well-designed studies. In the past decade, there has been some activity to address this situation, recognizing the importance of nutrition as a therapy before surgery, after surgery, and possibly even during surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, UHS-2, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
authors.forename: T Miko
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Martindale
mesh_terms: D001120:Arginine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005973:Glutamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D056747:Immunomodulation; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods*; D059035:Perioperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care; D019936:Probiotics / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D005973:Glutamine; D001120:Arginine
keywords: Arginine; Immune-modulating nutrition; Malnutrition classifications; Omega-3 fatty acids; Perioperative nutrition; Preoperative carbohydrate loading