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Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading vs Fasting: Effects on Postoperative Recovery and Outcomes in General Surgery
2025-06-24
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Traditional preoperative fasting aims to reduce aspiration risk but may exacerbate catabolism and insulin resistance. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) guidelines often endorse preoperative carbohydrate loading (PCL) in lieu of prolonged fasting. We systematically identified all peer-reviewed, blinded, PubMed-indexed studies (2020–2025) in general surgery comparing preoperative ora...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4da7eba8-91c9-5dde-a6df-61985e9be285
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6779516/v1
