Clinical accuracy of the MedGem™ indirect calorimeter for measuring resting energy expenditure in cancer patients

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 603-610

  Reeves, M M ^a,b,e   Capra, S ^c   Bauer, J ^b   Davies, P S W ^d   Battistutta, D ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Wesley Research Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e Ctr for Research in Cancer Control   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Metabolic rate; Nutrition support; Oxygen consumption; REE

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; CALORIMETER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BASAL METABOLISM; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 17244365144     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602114     Document Type: Article

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