Covert assessment of concurrent and construct validity of a chart to characterize fecal output and diarrhea in patients receiving enteral nutrition

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-168

  Whelan, Kevin ^a   Judd, Patricia A ^b   Preedy, Victor R ^a   Taylor, Moira A ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Enteral nutrition; Fecal output; Stool chart

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM ALBUMIN; WATER;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 41549167706     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607108314769     Document Type: Article

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