ESPEN guidelines on enteral nutrition: Liver disease-Tube feeding (TF) in patients with esophageal varices is not proven to be safe

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 272-

  Andus, Tilo ^a  

^a Klinikum Stuttgart Krankenhaus Bad Cannstatt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUBE FEEDING; VOMITING;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; SAFETY;

EID: 33947572947     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2006.12.005     Document Type: Letter

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