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Carbohydrate Loading and Elderly Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery

Diet, Carbohydrate Loading

Carbohydrate loading, the consumption of carbohydrates prior to surgery, is an example of preoperative nutrition that has provided many benefits to surgical patients. Elderly patients (65 years of age and older) represent a large number of spine surgery recipients and due to the unique aspects of aging, proper preoperative nutrition is essential for this patient demographic. The goal of this research study is to determine if preoperative carbohydrate loading provides benefits to elderly patients through decreasing length of stay (LOS) in hospital and reducing perioperative patient adverse events, when undergoing orthopaedic spine surgeries. It is expected that preoperative carbohydrate loading in elderly patients receiving an orthopaedic spine surgery (fusion, decompression, or discectomy) will lead to greater outcomes through decreasing LOS in hospital and reducing perioperative patient adverse events compared to patients who did not receive preoperative carbohydrate loading.

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Conditions de participation

  • Sexe:

    ALL

  • Âges admissibles:

    65 and up

Critères de participation

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients must meet the age requirement,
* Have either recently undergone, or are scheduled to undergo an elective cervical or thoracolumbar spine surgery, including fusion, decompression, and discectomy procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Potential participants will be excluded if they do not meet the age requirements,
* Have had, or will be having, cervical or thoracolumbar fusion, decompression or discectomy revision surgery,
* Are not able to consume the selected carbohydrate drink,
* Do not consent to participation in the research study,
* Or have diabetes.

Lieu de l'étude

Canada East Spine Centre at Saint John Regional Hospital
Canada East Spine Centre at Saint John Regional Hospital
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada

Contactez l'équipe d'étude

Primary Contact

Canada East Spine Centre

[email protected]
506-566-1451
Backup Contact

Kevan Kostynski

[email protected]
Étude parrainée par
Horizon Health Network
Participants recherchés
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ID de l'étude: NCT05778487