A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Nutritional Supplementation During Acute Illness

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 693-699

  Gariballa, Salah ^a,b   Forster, Sarah ^a   Walters, Stephen ^a   Powers, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Clinical outcome; Nutritional supplements; Readmission

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLACEBOS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 33746703714     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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