A reappraisal of nitrogen requirements for patients with critical illness and trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 549-557

  Dickerson, Roland N ^a   Pitts, Stefanie L ^a   Maish III, George O ^a   Schroeppel, Thomas J ^a   Magnotti, Louis J ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a   Minard, Gayle ^a   Brown, Rex O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; nitrogen balance; parenteral nutrition; protein requirements; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN EQUILIBRIUM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865956034     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318256de1b     Document Type: Article

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