Postoperative starvation after gastrointestinal surgery

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7316, 2001, Pages 761-762

  Silk, D B A ^a   Menzies Gow, N ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; EDITORIAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STARVATION;

EID: 0035818246     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.761     Document Type: Editorial

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