Is cholesterol a conditionally essential nutrient in critically ill patients?

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 115, Issue 21-22, 2003, Pages 740-742

  Druml, Wilfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Essential nutrients; Hypocholesterolemia; Intravenous therapy; Lipid emulsions; Lipid utilization

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID EMULSION; PHOSPHOLIPID;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NUTRIENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0346504114     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03040497     Document Type: Editorial

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