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What is a potential outcome of providing preoperative nutritional support?
What is a characteristic of specialized enteral nutrition formulas?
What is a benefit of using specialized enteral nutrition formulas?
What is the consequence of delaying the initiation of enteral nutrition?
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What is an example of a special substrate in specialized enteral nutrition formulas?
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What is the benefit of early enteral nutrition with low fermentable enteral nutrition?
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What is the effect of enteral nutrition on the immune response?
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What is the result of using specialized enteral nutrition formulas in the perioperative field?
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What are the primary clinical outcomes investigated in relation to high protein, low carbohydrate, and high protein enteral feeds for preterm or critically ill infants?
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What is the primary approach used in traditional systematic reviews for assessing the value of high protein, low carbohydrate, and high protein enteral feeds for preterm or critically ill infants?
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What is the primary concern regarding the diets of elderly patients?
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What is the estimated prevalence of sarcopenia in adults aged 60-70 years?
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What is the primary goal of conducting a comparison against existing systematic reviews for high protein, low carbohydrate, and high protein enteral feeds for preterm or critically ill infants?
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What is the primary cause of malnutrition in elderly patients?
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What was the primary finding of a systematic review with meta-analysis comparing the effects of high protein and normal protein feeds in preterm and low birth weight infants?
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What is the primary limitation of investigations utilizing the least stringent approach, including meta-analyses, for assessing the effects of high protein, low carbohydrate, and high protein enteral feeds for preterm or critically ill infants?
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What is the significance of vitamin D in the elderly population?
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What is the primary implication of the finding that high protein feeds did not result in significant growth benefits for preterm and low birth weight infants?
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What is the consequence of protein-calorie malnutrition in elderly patients?
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What is the purpose of nutritional support in elderly patients?
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What is the significance of enteral formula options in elderly patients?
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Study Notes
Evidences Supporting Specialized Enteral Nutritional Formulas
- Preoperative nutritional support may lead to better perioperative outcomes.
- Carbohydrate-rich drinks, electrolyte solutions, dietary education, and counseling with or without low-nutrient supplements may be considered.
- Postoperative early enteral feeding should be delivered with specialized formulas, including those low in carbohydrate and high in fat, with fibers and protein, enriched with other special prebiotics, probiotics, glutamine, arginine, EPA, and DHA.
Clinical Studies and Trials
- The increase in age-related changes and sarcopenia in the elderly increases the need for nutrients such as proteins, vitamins, and minerals in the diet.
- There is an increase in the need for vitamin D, which is an important factor in the etiology of muscle weakness and falls.
- The food and nutritional status knowledge and practices of the elderly are not generally sufficient.
- Diets commonly used by the elderly are not suitable for meeting their nutrition needs, with excessive fat and inadequate protein energy, vitamin, and mineral content.
- Enteral formula options, which are nutritionally characterized by calorie-dense, rich in protein and micronutrients, and designed for existing clinical conditions, have increased.
Metabolic and Physiologic Effects
- Nutritional support can change metabolism and enhance rehabilitation.
- Nutrient-dense food is crucial for pre-frail patients with long-term hospitalization.
- Early enteral nutrition with low fermentable enteral nutrition can improve outcomes during hospitalization.
Geriatric Patients
- Dietary insufficiency is associated with prolonged hospital stay, higher costs, and poorer outcomes in elderly patients.
- Protein-calorie malnutrition is common in the elderly, but many are unaware of it.
- Decreased physical activity and muscle mass loss start after the age of 50 and accelerate especially after the age of 70.
- Loss of muscle mass, sarcopenia, can affect balance and increase the risk of falls.
- Sarcopenia is associated with an increase in morbidity, premature mortality, loss of independence, increased long-term dependency, decreased quality of life, and increased hospital admissions.
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
- No systematic reviews of high protein, low carbohydrate breast milk formulations or those of formula with mixed high protein and plant fat were located.
- The current guidelines for consideration of the value of high protein, low carbohydrate, and high protein enteral feeds for preterm or critically ill infants generally have utilized traditional systematic review techniques.
- A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials compared the effects of high protein and normal protein feeds in preterm and low birth weight infants, demonstrating no significant differences in growth outcomes.
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Explore the importance of preoperative and postoperative nutritional support, including the use of specialized enteral formulas for better perioperative outcomes.
