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The centenary of the Harris–Benedict equations: How to assess energy requirements best? Recommendations from the ESPEN expert group (2020)
Journal Article
Bendavid, I., Lobo, D. N., Barazzoni, R., Cederholm, T., Coëffier, M., Schueren, M. D. V. D., Fontaine, E., Hiesmayr, M., Laviano, A., Pichard, C., & Singer, P. (2021). The centenary of the Harris–Benedict equations: How to assess energy requirements best? Recommendations from the ESPEN expert group. Clinical Nutrition, 40(3), 690-701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.11.012

Background & aims: The year 2019 marked the centenary of the publication of the Harris and Benedict equations for estimation of energy expenditure. In October 2019 a Scientific Symposium was organized by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition an... Read More about The centenary of the Harris–Benedict equations: How to assess energy requirements best? Recommendations from the ESPEN expert group.

Enhanced recovery after surgery: Current status and future progress (2020)
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Rollins, K. E., Lobo, D. N., & Joshi, G. P. (2021). Enhanced recovery after surgery: Current status and future progress. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology, 35(4), 479-489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2020.10.001

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways were first introduced almost a quarter of a century ago and represent a paradigm shift in perioperative care that reduced postoperative complications and hospital length of stay, improved postoperative... Read More about Enhanced recovery after surgery: Current status and future progress.

An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on the prevention of opioid-related harm in adult surgical patients (2020)
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Levy, N., Quinlan, J., El‐Boghdadly, K., Fawcett, W. J., Agarwal, V., Bastable, R. B., Cox, F. J., de Boer, H. D., Dowdy, S. C., Hattingh, K., Knaggs, R. D., Mariano, E. R., Pelosi, P., Scott, M. J., Lobo, D. N., & Macintyre, P. E. (2020). An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on the prevention of opioid-related harm in adult surgical patients. Anaesthesia, 76(4), 520-536. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15262

This international multidisciplinary consensus statement was developed to provide balanced guidance on the safe peri‐operative use of opioids in adults. An international panel of healthcare professionals evaluated the literature relating to postopera... Read More about An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on the prevention of opioid-related harm in adult surgical patients.

Turning ‘waiting lists’ for elective surgery into ‘preparation lists’ (2020)
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Levy, N., Selwyn, D., & Lobo, D. (2021). Turning ‘waiting lists’ for elective surgery into ‘preparation lists’. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 126(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2020.08.021

Waiting lists for surgery are an integral part of the UK National Health Service (NHS); they are used as a construct to ration surgery and to reduce costs, whilst simultaneously attempting to distribute limited health resources in an equitable manner... Read More about Turning ‘waiting lists’ for elective surgery into ‘preparation lists’.

Fasting and surgery timing (FaST) audit (2020)
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El-Sharkawy, A. M., Daliya, P., Lewis-Lloyd, C., Adiamah, A., Malcolm, F. L., Boyd-Carson, H., Couch, D., Herrod, P. J., Hossain, T., Couch, J., Sarmah, P. B., Sian, T. S., Lobo, D. N., Anjum, S., Aghanenu, O., Barlow, S., Chukwuemeka, W., Couch, J., Daliya, P., Daud, H., …Wolff, J. (2021). Fasting and surgery timing (FaST) audit. Clinical Nutrition, 40(3), 1405-1412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.08.033

Background & aims

International guidance advocates the avoidance of prolonged preoperative fasting due to its negative impact on perioperative hydration. This study aimed to assess the adherence to these guidelines for fasting in patients undergoi... Read More about Fasting and surgery timing (FaST) audit.

Major elective abdominal surgery acutely impairs lower limb muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity and mitochondrial function (2020)
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Atkins, R., Constantin-Teodosiu, D., Varadhan, K. K., Constantin, D., Lobo, D. N., & Greenhaff, P. L. (2021). Major elective abdominal surgery acutely impairs lower limb muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity and mitochondrial function. Clinical Nutrition, 40(3), 1046-1051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.07.006

© 2020 The Author(s) Background & aims: This post hoc study aimed to determine whether major elective abdominal surgery had any acute impact on mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) activity and maximal mitochondrial ATP production rates... Read More about Major elective abdominal surgery acutely impairs lower limb muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity and mitochondrial function.

Hypertriglyceridaemia as a risk factor for critical care admission in acute pancreatitis: A prospective study (2020)
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Adiamah, A., Kushairi, A., Tumulty, S., Na, Y., Crook, M., Brooks, A. J., Lobo, D. N., & Nottingham University Hospitals Hepatopancreaticobiliary Team. (2020). Hypertriglyceridaemia as a risk factor for critical care admission in acute pancreatitis: A prospective study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 39, 227-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.06.008

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Hypertriglyceridaemia is both a primary cause of acute pancreatitis and an epiphenomenon. This study aimed to define the associations between hypertriglyceridaemia and clinical outcomes in patients admitted with acute pancreatiti... Read More about Hypertriglyceridaemia as a risk factor for critical care admission in acute pancreatitis: A prospective study.

Perioperative nutrition: Recommendations from the ESPEN expert group (2020)
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Lobo, D. N., Gianotti, L., Adiamah, A., Barazzoni, R., Deutz, N., Dhatariya, K., Greenhaff, P. L., Hiesmayr, M., Jakobsen, D., Klek, S., Krznaric, Z., Ljungqvist, O., McMillan, D., Rollins, K., Sekeljic, M., Skipworth, R., Stanga, Z., Stockley, A., Stockley, R., & 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

© 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 N... Read More about Perioperative nutrition: Recommendations from the ESPEN expert group.

The impact of peri-operative intravenous lidocaine on postoperative outcome after elective colorectal surgery: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2020)
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Rollins, K. E., Javanmard-Emamghissi, H., Scott, M. J., & Lobo, D. N. (2020). The impact of peri-operative intravenous lidocaine on postoperative outcome after elective colorectal surgery: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 37(8), 659-670. https://doi.org/10.1097/eja.0000000000001165

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There has recently been increasing interest in the use of peri-operative intravenous lidocaine (IVL) due to its analgesic, anti-inflammatory and opioid-sparing effects. However, these potential benefits are not well established in electi... Read More about The impact of peri-operative intravenous lidocaine on postoperative outcome after elective colorectal surgery: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis (2020)
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Arvanitakis, M., Ockenga, J., Bezmarevic, M., Gianotti, L., Krznarić, Ž., Lobo, D. N., Löser, C., Madl, C., Meier, R., Phillips, M., Rasmussen, H. H., Van Hooft, J., & Bischoff, S. (2020). ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis. Clinical Nutrition, 39(3), 612-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.01.004

Both acute and chronic pancreatitis are frequent diseases of the pancreas, which, despite being of benign nature, are related to a significant risk of malnutrition and may require nutritional support. Acute necrotizing pancreatitis is encountered in... Read More about ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis.

Restoration of function: the holy grail of peri‐operative care (2020)
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Levy, N., Grocott, M., & Lobo, D. (2020). Restoration of function: the holy grail of peri‐operative care. Anaesthesia, 75(S1), e14-e17. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14893

In this collaborative supplement published byAnaesthesiaand theBritish Journal of Surgery, there are reviews ofenhanced recovery after surgery in both the elective [1] andthe emergency patient [2] by Kehlet, a surgeon fromDenmark. These are complimen... Read More about Restoration of function: the holy grail of peri‐operative care.