A comparison of two feeding methods in the alleviation of diarrhoea in older tube-fed patients: A randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 388-393

  Lee, Jenny Shun Wah ^a   Auyeung, Tung Wai ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Older adults; Randomised; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPER; DIARRHEA; ELDERLY CARE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH SUCTION; TUBE FEEDING; WARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIARRHEA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0042674320     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.4.388     Document Type: Article

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