Does preoperative total parenteral nutrition in patients with ulcerative colitis produce better outcomes?
There were no differences in postoperative complications when line infections were excluded. Our data does not support routine preoperative TPN in patients with UC. However, it may lead to equal surgical outcomes in the sickest and most malnourished patients at the cost of line-related morbidity.
SNPs in innate immune genes are important in determining susceptibility to RSV bronchiolitis.