Enteral nutrition: A hard look at some soft evidence

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-324

  Koretz, Ronald L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Evidence based medicine; Publication bias; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTERITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67149093406     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533609335378     Document Type: Review

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