Hospital resources consumed for surgical morbidity: Effects of preoperative arginine and ω-3 fatty acid supplementation on costs

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1078-1086

  Braga, Marco ^a   Gianotti, Luca ^b   Vignali, Andrea ^a   Schmid, Alexandra ^c   Nespoli, Luca ^b   Di Carlo, Valerio ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c HealthEcon Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Effectiveness; Immunonutrition; Major surgery; Postoperative infection

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS FISTULA; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARGININE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

FISTULA;

EID: 27944493924     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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