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Perioperative nutrition: Recommendations from the ESPEN expert group

Lobo, Dileep N.; Gianotti, Luca; Adiamah, Alfred; Barazzoni, Rocco; Deutz, Nicolaas; Dhatariya, Ketan; Greenhaff, Paul L.; Hiesmayr, Michael; Jakobsen, Dorthe; Klek, Stanislaw; Krznaric, Zeljko; Ljungqvist, Olle; McMillan, Donald; Rollins, Katie; Sekeljic, Marina; Skipworth, Richard; Stanga, Zeno; Stockley, Audrey; Stockley, Ralph; Weimann, Arved

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Authors

DILEEP LOBO dileep.lobo@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Luca Gianotti

Alfred Adiamah

Rocco Barazzoni

Nicolaas Deutz

Ketan Dhatariya

PAUL GREENHAFF PAUL.GREENHAFF@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Muscle Metabolism

Michael Hiesmayr

Dorthe Jakobsen

Stanislaw Klek

Zeljko Krznaric

Olle Ljungqvist

Donald McMillan

KATIE OLLIVERE Katie.Rollins@nottingham.ac.uk
Clinical Associate Professor

Marina Sekeljic

Richard Skipworth

Zeno Stanga

Audrey Stockley

Ralph Stockley

Arved Weimann



Abstract

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Background & aims: Malnutrition has been recognized as a major risk factor for adverse postoperative outcomes. The ESPEN Symposium on perioperative nutrition was held in Nottingham, UK, on 14–15 October 2018 and the aims of this document were to highlight the scientific basis for the nutritional and metabolic management of surgical patients. Methods: This paper represents the opinion of experts in this multidisciplinary field and those of a patient and caregiver, based on current evidence. It highlights the current state of the art. Results: Surgical patients may present with varying degrees of malnutrition, sarcopenia, cachexia, obesity and myosteatosis. Preoperative optimization can help improve outcomes. Perioperative fluid therapy should aim at keeping the patient in as near zero fluid and electrolyte balance as possible. Similarly, glycemic control is especially important in those patients with poorly controlled diabetes, with a stepwise increase in the risk of infectious complications and mortality per increasing HbA1c. Immobilization can induce a decline in basal energy expenditure, reduced insulin sensitivity, anabolic resistance to protein nutrition and muscle strength, all of which impair clinical outcomes. There is a role for pharmaconutrition, pre-, pro- and syn-biotics, with the evidence being stronger in those undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer. Conclusions: Nutritional assessment of the surgical patient together with the appropriate interventions to restore the energy deficit, avoid weight loss, preserve the gut microbiome and improve functional performance are all necessary components of the nutritional, metabolic and functional conditioning of the surgical patient.

Citation

Lobo, D. N., Gianotti, L., Adiamah, A., Barazzoni, R., Deutz, N., Dhatariya, K., …Weimann, A. (2020). Perioperative nutrition: Recommendations from the ESPEN expert group. Clinical Nutrition, 39(11), 3211-3227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.03.038

Journal Article Type Review
Acceptance Date Mar 24, 2020
Online Publication Date Apr 17, 2020
Publication Date 2020-11
Deposit Date Apr 29, 2020
Publicly Available Date Apr 18, 2021
Journal Clinical Nutrition
Print ISSN 0261-5614
Electronic ISSN 1532-1983
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 11
Pages 3211-3227
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.03.038
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4358950
Publisher URL https://www.clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-5614(20)30179-5/abstract

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