My patient had major thoracic and abdominal surgery: what happens next?
Symposium Chairs: Chris Burtin (Diepenbeek, Belgium), Annette Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland)
Aims: At the end of this symposium, the audience will have gained broad insights into the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment of patients undergoing major thoracic or abdominal surgery; understand the importance of nutritional screening and the efficacy of nutritional interventions in patients undergoing major thoracic or abdominal surgery; have an impression of the possible psychological complications that can occur before and after surgery and the interventions that can be used to tackle these complications; understand the impact of major surgery on functional status, exercise tolerance, muscle function and, ADL activities; and have an overview of the role of physiotherapeutic care within the multidisciplinary treatment of surgery patients.
Target audience: Clinicians, surgeons, physiotherapists, nutritionists, psychologists, nurses, and researchers.