A randomized controlled trial of early postoperative feeding in gynecologic oncology patients undergoing intra-abdominal surgery

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-97

  Pearl, Michael L ^a   Valea, Fidel A ^a   Fischer, Margaret ^a   Mahler, Linda ^a   Chalas, Eva ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMEN; EATING; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032125202     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199807000-00019     Document Type: Article

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