The Impact of Early Postoperative Oral Intake on the Length of Hospital Stay: A Meta‐Analysis
This systematic review confirms that successful early postoperative intake of liquids is associated with post-operative benefit defined as shorter hospital stay. This was shown in the selected non-interventional studies as well as the trial results, where all the individual study findings for the chosen outcome were in the same direction.
Authors
- Alexander Nagrebetsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-8417)
- Barbara Hammer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2615-8151)
- Jamie ELMAWIEH
- Anne Rüggeberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2561-0182)
- M Simler
- Ib Jammer
- Anne Marie Camilleri Podesta
- Federico Bilotta
- Ehrenfried Schindler
- Marta Dias Vaz
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Policlinico Umberto I (IT)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- Mater Dei Hospital (MT)
- Institut Gustave Roussy (FR)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring (DE)
- Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (PT)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/aas.70180
- Primary Topic
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00