Preoperative nutrition interventions have an important role in patient postoperative recovery and reducing surgical complications. Aims: Evaluate the result of preoperative nutrition intervention for the patient.
Patients and methods: 50 patients with surgical abdominal diseases received preoperative nutrition intervention at the Department of digestive surgery, Viet Duc University Hospital, from 03/2020 to 6/2021.
Results: The rate of parenteral associated with enteral nutrition was 74%, the rate of total parenteral nutrition was 26 %; the mean time of preoperative nutrition was 9,1 days, and the mean calories per day was 1511 Kcalo. In the group of parenteral associated with enteral nutrition, all the indexes for nutritious assessment before the nutrition support like the mean body weight (43,2 kg), serum albumin (36,5 gr/l), serum protein (66,4 gr/l), serum prealbumin (20,7 gr/l) augmented after the nutrition support: the mean body weight (44,7 kg), serum albumin (40,4 gr/l), serum protein (71,4 gr/l), serum prealbumin (23,9 gr/l). In the group of total parenteral nutrition, only serum pre albumin augmented from 17,0 gr/l before nutrition to 19,9 gr/l after nutrition. The rate of postoperative complication was 22 %, the mean of postoperative hospital stay was 12,1 days.
Conclusions: Preoperative nutrition intervention is a safe and effective treatment to ameliorate the patients’ health condition.