[Chinese consensus guideline for nutrition support therapy in the perioperative period of adult cardiac surgery in 2019].

Adult patients who underwent cardiac surgery usually need nutrition support therapy because of malnutrition or nutrition risk. There are quite a few studies about nutrition support therapy for patients in perioperative period of surgery after cardiopulmonary bypass, and also different opinions about how to normalize nutrition support therapy and improve prognosis in academic circles at present. Consequently, according to the experience of nutrition support therapy in critical patient and combining the trait of cardiac surgery, Chinese consensus guideline for nutrition support therapy in the perioperative period of adult cardiac surgery in 2019 is formulated by Cardiac Critical Care Medicine of China Internationgnal Exchange and Promotion for Medical and Healthcare and Nutrition Support Expert Committee of Chinese Cardiac Critical Care Medicine to provide proper suggestions. The content of consensus is included with screening nutrition risk, the timing of starting nutrition support, the utilization of enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition, and pharmaceutical nutrition, etc.