The importance of early postoperative enteral feeding

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 123-127

  Beier Holgersen, R ^a,b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early feeding; Enteral nutrition; Postoperative nutrition

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FLUID BALANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REOPERATION;

EID: 0034927472     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2001.0401     Document Type: Article

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