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Last Update: 06/07/2024 03:15 PM
Current Deck: SLS Cards::9. Trauma
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Commit #106703
How do you manage post-operative diet?
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Commit #106703General stages of post-op diet
- Clear liquid: minimize stress on GI system, usually for 1-2 days post-sx
- Full liquid: usually for a few days
- Soft or pureed diet: may be several days - 1 week
- Regular diet
Special considerations
- Nutrition risk assessment completed within 24 hrs and nutrition plan within 48 hrs
- Oral feeding preferred over parenteral nutrition
- Short term access: orogastric tube (OGT), nasogastric tube (NG), Dobhoff tube (DHT)
- Long term access: percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy (PEG)