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 …

Background Preoperative carbohydrate treatments have been widely adopted as part of
enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) or fast‐track surgery protocols. Although fast‐track …

These practice guidelines are a modular update of the “Practice guidelines for preoperative
fasting and the use of pharmacologic agents to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Whilst preoperative carbohydrate treatment (PCT) results in
beneficial physiological effects, the effects on postoperative clinical outcomes remain …

Background Three meta-analyses have summarized the effects of preoperative
carbohydrate administration on postoperative outcomes in adult patients undergoing …

Digestible maltodextrins are low-sweet saccharide polymers consisting of D-glucose units
linked primarily linearly with alpha-1, 4 bonds, but can also have a branched structure …

Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative carbohydrate oral (CHO)
loading on the postoperative metabolic and inflammatory response, perioperative discomfort …

Background The prevalence of disease‐related malnutrition in Western European hospitals
is estimated to be about 30%. There is no consensus whether poor nutritional status causes …

Despite the abundance of evidence to the contrary, 6–8 hours of total preoperative fasting is
still considered essential by many surgeons and anesthesiologists, based on the strength of …

Background Prolonged fasting increases organic response to trauma. This multicenter study
investigated the gap between the prescribed and the actual preoperative fasting times in …