3-day post-op diet literature?

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Hi, I'm trying to have our hospital change the bariatric clear liquid diet, but the CNM wants some literature on why the patients need sugar-free clears post-op to put in the diet manual. Anyone have any literature they would suggest I give her? Thank you all so much for any input! Dana Swilley Dunn, RD

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[Guest guest]

Not sure what you're asking for . . . is she looking for evidence that

RNY pts will dump on non-SF liquids post-op?

Steve Huntington, PhD, RD, LD

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> Hi,

> I'm trying to have our hospital change the bariatric clear liquid

diet, but the CNM wants some literature on why the patients need sugar-

free clears post-op to put in the diet manual.

> Anyone have any literature they would suggest I give her?

>

> Thank you all so much for any input!

>

> Dana Swilley Dunn, RD

[Guest guest]

I have to voice a concern about what appears to be an over-reliance

by some RDs for evidence-based literature versus using knowledge of

changed anatomy following surgery and a patient's own history, labs

and symptoms as " evidence " when determining nutritional counseling.

Why, for example, would your CMN need published articles to justify

sugar-free liquids for bariatric pts? Is she unaware of dumping

syndrome in RNY pts, or the need for all bariatric pts to limit

sugar consumption? Seems to me the best time to start that is in the

hospital.

The need for evidence-based justification assumes that all pts are

the same. Problem is: they're not. Each is biochemically different.

Don't get me wrong--published articles assist in setting up

treatment protocols and are necessary, but so does knowledge of

biology, basic nutrition principles and common sense, IMO.

Steve Huntington, PhD, RD, LD

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> > Hi,

> > I'm trying to have our hospital change the bariatric clear

liquid

> diet, but the CNM wants some literature on why the patients need

sugar-

> free clears post-op to put in the diet manual.

> > Anyone have any literature they would suggest I give her?

> >

> > Thank you all so much for any input!

> >

> > Dana Swilley Dunn, RD

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