Nutrition and fluid therapy underpin surgical recovery, yet are often overlooked. This episode explores how metabolic demand, illness, and surgical stress alter nutritional needs and fluid balance.

We examine assessment of nutritional status, routes of nutritional support, and principles of intravenous fluid prescribing. The episode highlights common errors, such as over-resuscitation or neglect of electrolytes, and their clinical consequences.

This chapter reframes nutrition and fluids as active therapies — requiring the same precision, monitoring, and adjustment as any drug.

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