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There was a study at Mass General Hospital studying if pre-surgery carb loading reduced the need for post-op narcotics. (Not sure what the outcome was.)
by DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
There was a study at Mass General Hospital studying if pre-surgery carb loading reduced the need for post-op narcotics. (Not sure what the outcome was.)
- criddell 9y agoAren't they worried about the patient vomiting and choking? I had a dental implant done at the end of last year and I wasn't supposed to eat anything before surgery.
- rscho 9y agoClear liquids such as sugared water can be safely ingested until 2 hours before surgery.
- totallynotcool 9y agoMaltodextrin
- criddell 9y agoThat's interesting. I was told to eat and drink nothing except enough water to swallow the pills I needed to take beforehand (pain killers and an antibiotic).
- eterm 9y agoWhen I had surgery recently, carb loading was done with a mix that dissolved in water.
- DoofusOfDeath 9y agoThe one participant I know of was told to chug a lot of Gatorade the day before, and a little bit the day of (IIRC). The main restriction on the Gatorade (aside from quantity) was which colors were acceptable. Apparently some colors make it hard for surgeons to differentiate blood from residual bowel content. Although he had the surgery circa 2014 and the stated purpose was to study the need to avoid opioids, not to reduce hospital stay. But like the 2006 study someone cited earlier, it was colon surgery.
- mtmail 9y agoMight be this study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16919107 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16919107 "Pre-operative oral carbohydrate loading in colorectal surgery" "[...] leads to a significantly reduced postoperative hospital stay, and a trend towards earlier return of gut function when compared with fasting or supplementary water."