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Post op Enteral Nutrition Guidelines

Hello, I was looking for a free resource to study post op nutrition support (about the enteral nutrition regime) for a patient who had a brain tumor removed. Any help or guidance will be appreciated.

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Hi! What kind of info you are looking for specifically here, energy/protein recommendations, formula selection, feeding access points, etc?

And is this for studying like for a course? Or for clinical application? Or is this for a family member or something maybe? Just trying to understand the best approach to look for resources.

If you are a clinical person trying to read through clinical guidelines, I would recommend looking at resources available from ASPEN or ESPEN. Here is one that is a little dated now from ASPEN, but still widely used since it’s fairly comprehensive. It has some postop recs, but may not have specific brain tumor surgery recs. I can’t recall if it really speaks to provision needs, but it’s a good general paper. If there’s other specifics you’re looking for lmk.

https://aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1177/0148607115621863