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A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials on preoperative oral carbohydrate treatment in elective surgery

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PCT may be associated with reduced length of stay in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, however, the included studies were of low to moderate quality.
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This article is published in Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 271 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Elective surgery & Abdominal surgery.

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Perioperative nutritional therapy for surgical patients

TL;DR: It is shown that the risk of iatrogenic malnutrition in children under the age of five is high, especially in children with special needs.
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Cardiac Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Early Outcomes in a Community Setting.

TL;DR: In this article, an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program has been applied to cardiac surgery with promising results, which significantly decreased opioid use, nausea, and lightheadedness and improved functional outcome.
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Enhanced Recovery After Gastrectomy

TL;DR: The present chapter is a condensed and updated version of this previous publication with evidence-based advice on optimal perioperative care for the patient undergoing gastrectomy and aims to give the reader a comprehensive and succinct overview of present-day guidelines.
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Clinical practice guidelines for enhanced recovery after colon and rectal surgery from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

TL;DR: The ASCRS and SAGES society members involved in the creation of these guidelines were chosen because they have demonstrated expertise in the specialty of colon and rectal surgery and enhanced recovery as mentioned in this paper .
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Enhanced recovery after surgery in urology

TL;DR: The developments to the implementation of ERAS principles in current practice are explored, including the use of alvimopan to decrease time to first bowel function, the changing role of regional anaesthesia, and the increasing use of minimally invasive surgical technique leading to overall improved patient care and reduced LOS.
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Adherence to the enhanced recovery after surgery protocol and outcomes after colorectal cancer surgery.

TL;DR: Improved adherence to the standardized multimodal ERAS protocol is significantly associated with improved clinical outcomes following major colorectal cancer surgery, indicating a dose-response relationship.
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Perioperative fasting in adults and children: guidelines from the European Society of Anaesthesiology.

TL;DR: The key recommendations are that adults and children should be encouraged to drink clear fluids up to 2 h before elective surgery (including caesarean section) and all but one member of the guidelines group consider that tea or coffee with milk added (up to about one fifth of the total volume) are still clear fluids.
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Insulin resistance: a marker of surgical stress.

TL;DR: A novel approach to minimize insulin resistance after surgery is being presented and suggests that simply pretreating the elective surgical patient with sufficient amounts of carbohydrates instead of fasting can significantly reduce postoperative insulin resistance.
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A carbohydrate-rich drink reduces preoperative discomfort in elective surgery patients.

TL;DR: It is shown that CHO significantly reduces preoperative discomfort without adversely affecting gastric contents, and Placebo did not increase gastric fluid volumes or affect acidity, and there were no adverse events.
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