“Nutritional” Markers as Prognostic Indicators of Postoperative Sepsis in Cancer Patients

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 464-470

  Bozzetti, Federico ^a   Migliavacca, Silvana ^a   Gallus, Giuseppe ^a   Scotti, Adriana ^a   Bonalumi, Maria Grazia ^a   Ammatuna, Mario ^a   Sequeira, Carmen ^a   Terno, Giovanni ^a   Radaelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0021797723     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: 19412444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607185009004464     Document Type: Article

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