Enteral feeding tolerance in critically ill patients

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 96-100

  Madiba, T E ^a   Haffejee, A A ^a   Downs, J ^a   Muckart, D J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH VOLUME; TIME; VOMITING;

EID: 0038634929     PISSN: 10118578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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