Malnutrition in Crohn's disease — ESEGH MCQ
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Correct answer: C — Preoperative nutritional optimisation using enteral nutrition where feasible
Severe malnutrition before Crohn's surgery increases complications, and enteral nutritional optimisation is preferred when the gut is usable. Parenteral nutrition is reserved for inadequate or impossible enteral intake. Steroids may worsen surgical risk and do not directly correct malnutrition. The pearl is that nutritional therapy is part of surgical risk reduction in IBD.
Reference: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/digestive-tract-conditions