Define Preoperative Nutritional Care during Surgery?
It can be provided only to prospective candidates of elective surgery and is not feasible for emergency cases. Preoperative malnutrition is often a cause of poor postoperative outcome. Nutritional support should be given for 7-I4 days to moderately or severely malnourished patients undergoing a major surgery. Any nutritional deficiency should be corrected and nutritional reserves must be maintained for the surgery period as well as, for the immediate postoperative period to ensure proper rehabilitation.