%0 Journal Article
%T Hypo-Calories with Micronutrients and Fat Emulsion of Pre-Operative Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition in Malnutrition Risk Rectal Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
%A Ming-Yi Liu
%A Hsiu-Chih Tang
%A Hui-Lan Yang
%A Hsiu-Hua Huang
%A Sue-Joan Chang
%J Food and Nutrition Sciences
%P 821-826
%@ 2157-9458
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/fns.2013.48107
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	Malnutrition has been recognized as a significant risk factor for the post operated patients, especially for those patients undergoing abdominal operations. This study evaluated the effect of hypo-calories with micronutrients of pre-operative peripheral parenteral nutrition support (PPPN) for rectal cancer patients. Retrospective cross sectional study method was used to investigate. We screened rectal cancer patients past year pre-operative with malnutrition risk from our cancer database and divided into 2 groups, received or not received PPPN and compared the post-operative outcomes. The results showed that the post-operative serum albumin of the 25 patients received PPPN averaged 2.5 ¡À 0.32 g/dl; significantly better than those of the 15 patients not received PPPN (non-PPPN), which averaged 1.92 ¡À 0.42 g/dl. The first ambulatory time required 3.0 ¡À 0.8 days for the PPPN, significantly shorter than those for the non-PPPN, which averaged 4.9 ¡À 2.4 days. Post-operative hospital days for the patients received PPPN were 18.2 ¡À 10.5 day, also significantly fewer than the non-PPPN, which averaged 33.7 ¡À 20.0 day. More than 25% of the non-PPPN was infected with sepsis, while none was infected in the PPPN patients. In conclusion, this study verified the benefits of micronutrients of pre-operative peripheral parenteral nutrition support for rectal cancer patients.
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%K Parenreral Nutrition
%K Pre-Operative Nutrition Support
%K Malnutrition
%K Rectal Cancer
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=35194