Use of the refractometer as a tool to monitor dietary formula concentration in gastric juice

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 521-525

  Chang, W K ^a   Chen, M Z ^b   Chao, Y C ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Keelung Branch Chang Gung Memo Hosp   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Nutrition polymeric diet; Refractometer; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; MINERAL; PROTEIN; VITAMIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; MONITORING; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRACTOMETER; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH PH; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ELEMENTAL DIET; EVALUATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; REFRACTOMETRY; STOMACH EMPTYING;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FOOD, FORMULATED; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; REFRACTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036898242     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2002.0587     Document Type: Article

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