The Practical Handbook of Perioperative Metabolic and Nutritional Care

Dr. Correia is a retired professor of surgery at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Medical School, and currently, she still acts as an invited professor of surgery at the same university. She has dedicated her time to clinical practice in surgery and nutrition, is the head of the nutrition therapy team at the Surgical Gastrointestinal Department at the University Hospital, and is a member of the nutrition team Eterna at Rede Mater Dei. She is the deputy editor-in-chief for Nutrition: The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences and is also editor for the gastrointestinal issue of Current Opinion in Metabolic and Nutrition Care, as well as an editorial board member for several other nutrition journals.

1. History of surgery, metabolism, and nutrition therapy2. Organic response to stress3. Nutritional status and requirements4. Wound healing5. Metabolic and nutritional surgical preconditioning6. Bowel preparation7. Rational for the use of antibiotics8. Postoperative nutrition therapy9. Nutrition therapy complications10. Immunonutrition11. Pro-, pre-, and symbiotics12. Exercise therapy13. Catheters14. Fluid and electrolyte therapy15. Acute pain management16. Antiemetic agents and motility stimulant medications17. Other multimodal strategies18. Music in the perioperative period19. The special patient20. Interdisciplinary teams21. Quality, safety, and performance improvement22. Clinical and economic impact of protocols23. Knowledge translation24. Patient empowerment25. Ethical considerations26. Evidence-based Medicine in surgery