Preoperative Intravenous Omega 3 Fatty Acids Administration in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Refusal to participate in the study
• •2. Allergy to any of the constituents of nutritional products
• •3. HIV positive patients, patients with primary diagnosis of hypertriglyceridemia, patients on long term steroid therapy and cyclooxygenase inhibitors (more than 3 months)
• •4. Severe cardiac disease, hepatic disorders (total bilirubin \> 1.5 times the upper limit of normal), psychiatric disorders likely to affect compliance, severe hemorrhagic disorders, stroke, embolism
• •5. Uncontrolled severe renal failure (Serum creatinine \> 2 mg/dL) without dialysis/hemofiltration
• •6. Participation in any other clinical trial within the last 2 months