Reply to: “Amino acid strategy in early postoperative parenteral nutrition”
Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, Kenta Murotani, Nahoki Hayashi, Satoru Kamoshita · 2026
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Yoshikuni Kawaguchi and co-authors answered a 2026 letter about amino acid plans in vein feeding right after gut cancer surgery. The exchange grows from their past study, which tied set energy doses in vein feeds to a bundle of bad events after surgery. Readers had pressed on whether protein doses and the balance between fuel and protein also shape results.
The authors grant that both points hold weight, since heavy protein loss after surgery trims weight, muscle, and immune strength. They note that their first study aimed at energy doses, so balance modeling sat outside its scope. A split study of theirs found that higher mean protein doses in the first week went with fewer bad events, and matched groups showed lower in-hospital deaths for the higher dose band. Fresh trials must settle the point, they add.
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| CREATOR | Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, Kenta Murotani, Nahoki Hayashi, Satoru Kamoshita |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3059 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |