Reducing elective vascular surgery perioperative risk with brief preoperative dietary restriction.

Mitchell, James R; Beckman, Joshua A; Nguyen, Louis L; Ozaki, C Keith · Surgery · 2013

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Abstract

Brief preoperative dietary interventions emphasizing reduced calorie and protein intake will decrease perioperative morbidity and mortality associated with vascular operative procedures by modulating maladaptive response to operative stress.

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