Nutritional support in the treatment and prevention of pressure ulcers: An overview of studies with an arginine enriched Oral Nutritional Supplement

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 72-79

  Schols, Jos M G A ^a   Heyman, Hilde ^b   Meijer, Erwin P ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) Antwerp   (Belgium)

^c DANONE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Enteral nutrition; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; CUBITAN; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECUBITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ARGININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 67650096321     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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