Food for thought: Why does the medical community struggle with research about nutritional therapy in the acute care setting?

BMC Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Schuetz, Philipp ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Inflammation; Malnutrition; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; APPETITE; CONVALESCENCE; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL CARE; MICROBIOME; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 85013802844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0812-x     Document Type: Note

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