Randomised trial of safety and efficacy of immediate postoperative enteral feeding in patients undergoing gastrointestinal resection

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7035, 1996, Pages 869-871

  Carr, Cornelia S ^a   Ling, K D Eddie ^a   Boulos, Paul ^a   Singer, Mervyn ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; NITROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029881385     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7035.869     Document Type: Article

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