The Use of Coffee to Decrease the Incidence of Postoperative Ileus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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.
PMID: 31859206 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing - December 15, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Kane TD, Tubog TD, Schmidt JR Tags: J Perianesth Nurs Source Type: research