Protein recommendations in the ICU: g protein/kg body weight - which body weight for underweight and obese patients?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 774-775

  Weijs, Peter J M ^a,b   Sauerwein, Hans P ^c   Kondrup, Jens ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FAT FREE MASS; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; UNDERWEIGHT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROTEINS; THINNESS;

EID: 84866616756     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.04.007     Document Type: Letter

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