[A specialized product of therapeutic nutrition is a dry protein composite mixture enriched with calcium of dairy origin, in the postoperative rehabilitation of elderly and senile patients.].

The study of a specialized product of therapeutic nutrition - a mixture of protein composite dry, enriched with calcium of dairy origin, in the program of complex postoperative rehabilitation of elderly patients, as a dietary remedy for the treatment of enteral insufficiency and prevention of its complications - protein-energy deficiency (BEN). 268 patients aged 61-75 years, operated for various gastroduodenal diseases, were examined. A group of patients (184 people, i. e. 68,6%) without signs of BEN was identified. Of these, the study group consisted of 92 patients, the remaining 92 patients - the control group. The patients of the study group throughout the entire inpatient and post-stationary rehabilitation periods with a total duration of 3 months, in addition to the traditional therapeutic and rehabilitation nutrition of surgical patients, a specialized food product of a dry protein-composite mixture (SBCS) enriched with calcium of dairy origin was added daily in the amount of 27 g. 92 patients of the control group received a similar postoperative surgical diet, but not enriched with calcium. Clinical and laboratory studies have shown that in patients in the study group, during dietary treatment with the use of SBCS enriched with calcium of dairy origin, the indicators of protein, vitamin, mineral metabolism significantly and significantly improved, which served as a preventive factor against the development of BEN in 79,1% of patients. There were only 32,6% of such patients in the control group. Conclusion: a specialized product of therapeutic nutrition - a dry protein composite mixture enriched with calcium of dairy origin, should be included in the postoperative rehabilitation of elderly and senile patients.