Influence of early postoperative enteral nutrition versus placebo on cell-mediated immunity, as measured with the Multitest® CMI

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-102

  Beier Holgersen, R ^a,b   Brandstrup, B ^a  

^a KAS Glostrup ^*  (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Cell mediated immunity; Enteral nutrition; Multitest CMI

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; TOXOID;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032974515     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529950172907     Document Type: Article

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