Clinical comparison of tolerance to elemental or polymeric enteral feedings in the postoperative patient

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 11-16

  Ford, Edward G ^a   Hull, Sam F ^a   Jennings, L Michelle ^a   Andrassy, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Elemental; Enteral; Polymeric

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NITROGEN; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0026579002     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1992.10718189     Document Type: Article

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