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Thursday, 12 January 2012

Early or late parenteral nutrition

Early or late parenteral nutrition: ASPEN vs ESPEN. Critical care, 2011, 15:317.

Cove, M.E. & Pinsky, M.R.

http://ccforum.com/content/pdf/cc10591.pdf

Critically ill patients are often unable to feed themselves, and frequently present in a fasting state. Failure to feed these patients eventually guarantees starvation and, if enough time lapses, death. However, it is less certain when fasting becomes starvation.

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