Table 1.

Perioperative Nutritional Recommendations.

Preoperative Nutrition Evaluation	Nutritional Intervention	Postoperative Nutritional Parameters to Follow
Albumin < 2.5 mg/dL or Weight Loss > 10%	Postpone surgery date. Begin aggressive nutrition supplementation Consider feeding jejunostomy tube (FJT) placement intraoperatively	Required: Hemoglobin A1c or Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), Albumin, Fecal Elastase, and Vitamin B12 Recommended: Zinc, Iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, 25-OH-vitamin D3 and fecal fat
Weight Loss 5%–10% or Albumin < 3 mg/dL	Nutrition supplementation prior to surgery Consider FJT placement intraoperatively