Early oral feeding is the preferred mode of nutrition for surgical patients. Avoidance of any
nutritional therapy bears the risk of underfeeding during the postoperative course after major …

Major surgery is still associated with undesirable sequelae such as pain, cardiopulmonary,
infective and thromboembolic complications, cerebral dysfunction, nausea and …

Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically
Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and …

The “Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999” presents the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s recommendations for the prevention of surgical site …

Background & Aims: A system for screening of nutritional risk is described. It is based on the
concept that nutritional support is indicated in patients who are severely ill with increased …

Early oral feeding is the preferred mode of nutrition for surgical patients. Avoidance of any
nutritional therapy bears the risk of underfeeding during the postoperative course after major …

Objective: To evaluate the effect of modifying perioperative care in noncardiac surgical
patients on morbidity, mortality, and other outcome measures. Background: New …

278 Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition/Vol. 33, No. 3, May/June 2009 grade for the
recommendation was based on the number and level of investigative studies referable to …

Enteral nutrition (EN) via tube feeding is, today, the preferred way of feeding the critically ill
patient and an important means of counteracting for the catabolic state induced by severe …

Dr. Taylor disclosed serving as an ASPEN committee member and DNS past chair. Dr.
McClave disclosed other relationships with Nestle (consulting), Abbott (Speaker) …