Physician-delivered malnutrition: Why do patients receive nothing by mouth or a clear liquid diet in a university hospital setting?

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-342

  Franklin, Glen A ^a   McClave, Stephen A ^a,b   Hurt, Ryan T ^a   Lowen, Cynthia C ^a   Stout, Allyson E ^a   Stogner, Lisa L ^a   Priest, Nicole L ^a   Haffner, Mary E ^a   Deibel, Karl R ^a   Bose, Dana L ^a   Blandford, Barbara S ^a   Hermann, Tyler ^a   Anderson, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

clear liquid diet; enteral nutrition; nothing by mouth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; DIETETICS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION THERAPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955670519     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607110374060     Document Type: Article

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