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Postoperative oral nutritional supplementation improved nutritional status and quality of life in malnourished patients

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.4.1.22

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    Beattie AH, Prach AT, Baxter JP, et al.A randomised controlled trial evaluating the use of enteral nutritional supplements postoperatively in malnourished surgical patients.Gut2000 Jun;46:813–8OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    QUESTION: Does postoperative oral nutritional supplementation improve nutritional status, morbidity, and quality of life in malnourished patients?

    Design

    Randomised {allocation not concealed},* blinded {patients},* controlled trial with follow up for 10 weeks.

    Setting

    A university hospital in Scotland, UK.

    Patients

    109 patients who were admitted to hospital for elective gastrointestinal or vascular surgery and had malnutrition (defined as ≥1 of the following: a body mass index ≤20 kg/m2, a triceps skinfold thickness (TSF) or mid arm muscle circumference (MAMC) ≤ the 15th centile, or a weight loss ≥5% between admission and resumption of oral intake by the eighth postoperative day). Patients were excluded if they required parenteral nutrition, were pregnant or lactating, or had terminal diseases, …

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    • Source of funding: Abbott Laboratories.

    • For correspondence: Dr A H Beattie, Department of Digestive Diseases and Clinical Nutrition, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.

    • ↵* Information provided by author.