PROTEIN DEPLETION AND SURGICAL RISK

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 711-715

  Windsor, John A ^a   Hill, Graham L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

complications; depletion; nutritional status; protein depletion; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY;

BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0023813877     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb01101.x     Document Type: Article

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