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ReviewAnnals of gastroenterology

Perioperative nutritional assessment and management of patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery.

Aristea Gazouli, Konstantinos Georgiou, Maximos Frountzas, Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Nikola Boyanov, Nikolaos Nikiteas, Maria Gazouli, George E Theodoropoulos

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Review in Annals of gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aristea GazouliCo-Metabolism, Kalamata, Greece (Aristea Gazouli).
Konstantinos GeorgiouFirst Propaedeutic Surgical Unit, Hippocrateion Athens General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Konstantinos Georgiou, Maximos Frountzas, George E. Theodoropoulos).
Maximos FrountzasFirst Propaedeutic Surgical Unit, Hippocrateion Athens General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Konstantinos Georgiou, Maximos Frountzas, George E. Theodoropoulos).
Gerasimos TsourouflisSecond Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Nikolaos Nikiteas).
Nikola BoyanovMedical Simulation Training Centre, Research Institute of Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria (Nikola Boyanov).
Nikolaos NikiteasSecond Propaedeutic Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Gerasimos Tsourouflis, Nikolaos Nikiteas).
Maria GazouliDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory of Biology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Maria Gazouli).
George E TheodoropoulosFirst Propaedeutic Surgical Unit, Hippocrateion Athens General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Konstantinos Georgiou, Maximos Frountzas, George E. Theodoropoulos).
Stamatopoulos and Associates (Greece) · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malnutrition is a major issue in gastrointestinal perioperative situations, as only 40% of malnourished patients are finally treated. This literature review investigates the inconsistencies regarding the diagnostic approach to both preoperative and postoperative patients and the various underlying causes, as well as the efficiency of the various therapeutic regimens. A literature search was conducted until August 2023 in MEDLINE and Scopus. Clinical studies involving perioperative nutritional assessment in adult gastrointestinal surgery patients during the last 10 years were included in the present review. Finally, 19 articles were included in the study. Preoperative nutritional therapy is increasingly recognized as a key component of surgical care. Malnourished patients who are hospitalized and operated on, have significantly worse clinical results. Gastrointestinal postoperative malnutrition coexists with metabolic stress, as patients usually suffer from minor chronic inflammations; therefore, postoperative malnutrition is the result of a combination of the effects of inflammation and a lack of food intake. Postoperative malnutrition leads to prolonged hospitalizations and hospital complications and therefore the need to treat it is essential. There are many recognized tools for detecting malnutrition. However, all tools showed inconsistent results regarding their validity.

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assessmentgastrointestinalPerioperative nutritional managementsurgery

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PMID38481785
PMCPMC10927629
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