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JOURNAL OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSING
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 171-+Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2019.07.004
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coffee; postoperative ileus; postoperative bowel function; abdominal surgery
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Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of providing coffee to elective abdominal surgery patients, immediately postoperatively, to lessen postoperative ileus. Design: A systematic review with meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials published since 2012. Methods: Methodological quality was evaluated using the Cochrane guidelines. The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations assessment tool evaluated the quality of the evidence. Subgroup analyses were completed if the I-2 statistic demonstrated heterogeneity (greater than 50%). Findings: Coffee was statistically significant in shortening the time between surgery and the first passage of stool (mean difference, -9.38; 95% confidence interval, -17.60 to -1.16; P = .03). Although not statistically significant (P = .20), the overall effect favored shorter hospital stays for those patients receiving coffee. Conclusions: The current systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that coffee given as early as 2 hours postoperatively decreases time to first bowel movement. In addition, patients tolerated solid food faster and were discharged sooner when given coffee immediately postoperatively. (c) 2019 American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Published by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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