Economic implications of an early postoperative enteral feeding protocol

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 802-807

  Hedberg, Ann Marie ^a,b,d   Lairson, David R ^b   Aday, Lu Ann ^b   Chow, Janelle ^a   Suki, Rabih ^a   Houston, Susan ^a   Wolf, James A ^c  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Kelsey Seybold Clinic   (United States)

^d EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 0032990363     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(99)00191-1     Document Type: Article

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