Nutritional support in critical care
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Nutritional support in critical care.
Despite the key role of nutrition in health and the almost universal use of supplemental feeding in the ICU, there is a lack of high-quality evidence to guide clinical practice. Enteral nutrition is superior to TPN in almost all circumstances and most patients in the ICU can be fed successfully by this route. There is little evidence to support the use of special feeds and the role of immunonut...
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عنوان ژورنال: BJA CEPD Reviews
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1472-2615
DOI: 10.1093/bjacepd/1.1.21