Using nitrogen balance in clinical practice

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1081-1087

  Dickerson, Roland N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTEGUMENT; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REVIEW; URINALYSIS;

EID: 29944436940     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001857870504001210     Document Type: Review

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