• Libraries
    • Log in to:
    View Item 
    •   MSpace Home
    • Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
    • College of Medicine - B.Sc. (Med) Projects
    • View Item
    •   MSpace Home
    • Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
    • College of Medicine - B.Sc. (Med) Projects
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Does perioperative nutrition improve clinical outcomes in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal surgery?: A network meta-analysis.

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Burnside, Tyler.pdf (3.862Mb)
    Date
    2012-11-23
    Author
    Burnside, Tyler
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Each year in Canada, more than 2000 patients undergo surgical resection for treatment of esophageal, pancreatic or stomach cancer. However, resection of upper gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. One reason for the high rate of complications in this population of patients is preoperative malnutrition. To counteract the effects of malnutrition, post-operative nutritional support is often provided to these patients. Nutrition can be provided directly into the central circulation by total parenteral nutrition (TPN) or into the GI tract via a nasojejunal tube (a catheter passed through the nose into the small bowel) or a surgically placed jejunostomy tube (through the anterior abdominal wall and into the small bowel). It remains unclear which method of nutrient delivery, if any, provides the best overall patient outcomes. For this reason, we have undertaken a network meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of the various perioperative nutritional delivery methods on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal surgery.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1993/11857
    Collections
    • College of Medicine - B.Sc. (Med) Projects [206]

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of MSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV