Malnutrition, outcome, and nutritional support: Time to revisit the issues

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 766-768

  Meguid, Michael M ^a,b   Laviano, Alessandro ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b University Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTUBATION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX SURGERY;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035102260     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02481-4     Document Type: Editorial

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