Oral micronutrient supplementation and surgical wound treatment
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Carrera Castro C. La suplementación nutricional oral con micronutrientes y el tratamiento de heridas quirúrgicas. Metas de Enferm feb 2013; 16(1): 16-21
Authors
Carmen Carrera Castro
Position
Enfermera. Experta Universitaria en Biotecnología aplicada a los Alimentos y en Nutrición Artificial ambulatoria y domiciliaria.
Contact address
C/ Canario, 50. 11550 Chipiona (Cádiz).
Contact email: trisysyccc@hotmail.com
Abstract
Purpose: Ascertain the current approach to micronutrient-based oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) and the implication thereof on the healing of surgical wounds in adult patients undergoing general curative surgical treatment.
Methodology: A narrative bibliographic review was conducted by way of a structured, multi-stage search of different sources including books, manuals, protocols, monographic studies, clinical practice guides, encyclopedias, etc., scientific journals, doctoral theses and conference proceedings, using different databases and search engines (Elsevier,
Scielo, e-revist@, Google,Teseo, PubMed, MEDES, Cochrane Plus, Bio-Med Central, MedinePus, Academic Google and SCIRUS and Single Citation Matcher). Boolean searches were run using the descriptors: “micronutrients”, “nutritional supplements”, “wound healing”, “surgery” and “antioxidants”.
The search was confined to the June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2012 period.
Results: Two recent studies were identified as being relatively in keeping with the purpose of this study, both of which were conducted on heterogeneous populations of surgical patients, different methodological designs, different quantities, composition and time of administering the micronutrient-based ONSs, short follow-up time, etc., having achieved as a result an improvement in the wound healing process and a lower risk of their infection following the combined administration of vitamins and essential trace elements.
Conclusions: Micronutrients are treatment-related aspects associated with good results in wound healing, it however being necessary for this evidence to be backed with suitable scientific research by delving deeper into this subject and filling in the currently extant gaps.
Methodology: A narrative bibliographic review was conducted by way of a structured, multi-stage search of different sources including books, manuals, protocols, monographic studies, clinical practice guides, encyclopedias, etc., scientific journals, doctoral theses and conference proceedings, using different databases and search engines (Elsevier,
Scielo, e-revist@, Google,Teseo, PubMed, MEDES, Cochrane Plus, Bio-Med Central, MedinePus, Academic Google and SCIRUS and Single Citation Matcher). Boolean searches were run using the descriptors: “micronutrients”, “nutritional supplements”, “wound healing”, “surgery” and “antioxidants”.
The search was confined to the June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2012 period.
Results: Two recent studies were identified as being relatively in keeping with the purpose of this study, both of which were conducted on heterogeneous populations of surgical patients, different methodological designs, different quantities, composition and time of administering the micronutrient-based ONSs, short follow-up time, etc., having achieved as a result an improvement in the wound healing process and a lower risk of their infection following the combined administration of vitamins and essential trace elements.
Conclusions: Micronutrients are treatment-related aspects associated with good results in wound healing, it however being necessary for this evidence to be backed with suitable scientific research by delving deeper into this subject and filling in the currently extant gaps.
Keywords:
dietetics; healing; micronutrients; nutrition; nutritional supplements; surgical patientswounds
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La suplementación nutricional oral con micronutrientes y el tratamiento de heridas quirúrgicas
