Define Comprehensive Dietary Management Regime of Patient?
A comprehensive dietary management regime of the patient should be based on the patient profile as gathered pre and post operatively and should be able to minimize the physiological and metabolic alterations associated with surgery. It should therefore be planned by keeping the following ojectives in mind:
1. To minimize/reduce the reasons of weight loss and depletion of tissue reserves
2. To maintain an optimum energy and nitrogen ratio
3. To achieve and maintain a healthy body weight
4. To promote anabolism and hence wound healing
5. To help in replenishing the depleted nutrient reserves