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Joe Paone | Senior Associate Editor
Primed for Recovery
Optimizing patients' nutrition before surgery prepares
their bodies for the physical rigors of surgery.
• APPLE A DAY Patients
who eat the right foods in
the weeks leading up to sur-
gery are more likely to expe-
rience positive outcomes.
I
f your idea of surgical nutrition involves hand-
ing out Saltines and ginger ale in the PACU, it's
time to buy into pre-op nutrition programs that
help patients endure procedures, recover more
quickly, experience better outcomes and
reduce their need for opioids to control post-op pain.
