Nutrition Support in the Intensive Care Unit
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Nutrition support in the intensive care unit: an evolving science.
Recent investigations of nutrition support in the intensive care unit (ICU) have revived discussion of optimal strategies for tight glucose control and the administration of total parenteral nutrition. Mode, timing, and adequacy of nutritional support affect glycemic control and outcomes in critically ill patients. The delivery of correctly formulated and safely administered nutritional and met...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.97