Taste preference of patients shortly after surgery in the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
This study showed that postoperative patients in the PACU tended to like low-energy food products with a sweet taste the most. In addition, this study showed that patients seemed to favour a broad variety of food products directly after surgery. Due to our small sample size the results should be interpreted with caution, but they do provide initial insights to help improve PACU food services, and thereby can contribute to enhance early postoperative oral intake. Registered at NTR (trialregister.nl) with study ID Trial NL9048.
Authors
- Benedikt Preckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4412-9183)
- Elbrich M. Postma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-9129)
- M. Koetsier
- P. Morquecho Campos
- Jeroen Hermanides (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2239-1260)
- Sanne Boesveldt
- Mireille F. M. van Stijn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-7296)
- S C M Rietveld
- Markus W. Hollmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8248-0244)
- Elly SM de Lange de Klerk
Institutions
- Amsterdam Neuroscience (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.03.047
- Primary Topic
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wageningen University and Research