ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Surgery including Organ Transplantation

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-244

  Weimann, A ^a   Braga, M ^b   Harsanyi, L ^c   Laviano, A ^d   Ljungqvist, O ^e   Soeters, P ^f   Jauch, K W ^g   Kemen, M ^g   Hiesmayr, J M ^g   Horbach, T ^g   Kuse, E R ^g   Vestweber, K H ^g  

^a Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Complications; Enteral nutrition; Guideline; Malnutrition; Nutrition and transplantation; Oral nutritional supplements; Perioperative nutrition; Surgery; Tube feeding; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATABOLISM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOBILIZATION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE FEEDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; EUROPE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SURGERY;

EID: 33744539018     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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