TABLE 5.

Nutrition Consultations and Postoperative Outcomes

Criteria	Colon cancer (n = 115)	Rectal cancer (n = 33)
Nutrition consultations
Preoperative, No. (%)	17 (15)	12 (36)
Postoperative, No. (%)
Inpatient	110 (96)	33 (100)
Outpatient	14 (12)	24 (73)
During readmission, No. (%)	11 (69)	3 (16)
Postoperative outcomes
Oral or enteral supplementation, No. (%)	26 (24)	19 (58)
Delayed recovery, No. (%)	35 (30)	21 (64)
Length of stay, mean (SD), d
Total	6.4 (4.7)	8.8 (5.1)
With delayed recovery	10.2 (4.3)	9.7 (6.0)
Without delayed recovery	5.2 (2.8)	6.3 (2.2)
Hospital readmissions, No. (%)
≤ 30 d	11 (10)	12 (36)
31–60 d	4 (3)	7 (21)
Adjuvant chemotherapy, No. (%)
Indicated	31 (27)	33 (100)
Started within 12 wk of surgery	25 (81)	18 (55)
Completed as indicated	17 (68)	10 (56)