Michiko Sugiyama

National survey of the prevalence of swallowing difficulty and tube feeding use as well as implementation of swallowing evaluation in long‐term care settings in Japan

The present study was carried out to clarify tube feeding utilization and the prevalence of swallowing difficulty among residents in geriatric long‐term settings, and to elucidate the implementation of swallowing assessment at four different types of facilities in Japan.

Perioperative nutrition management as an important component of surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries

Needs for surgical care are growing in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Existing surgical care capacity indicators, focusing on the availability of equipment, personnel, and operation and anaesthetic skills, are not intended to evaluate perioperative nutrition management, which influences surgical outcomes. In this narrative review, we describe the prevalence of malnutrition and its clinical consequences among surgical patients in low‐ and middle‐income countries, suggest potential measures to improve nutrition management and discuss the necessity of considering nutrition management as a component of surgical care capacity.