| Literature DB >> 15571945 |
Vicki J Fox1, Julie Miller, Meredith McClung.
Abstract
Nutritional support must be an integral part of the management of trauma victims. This article compares the stress response, a maladaptive response, and starvation, an adaptive process, examines the clinical research regarding total parenteral nutrition and total enteral nutrition, provides an evidence-based approach to initiating nutritional support in critically injured patients, and discusses considerations in selecting nutritional formulas.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15571945 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2004.06.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am ISSN: 0899-5885 Impact factor: 1.326