From Nutrition Support to Pharmacologic Nutrition in the ICU (Update in Intensive Care Medicine)
Contributors: Claude Pichard (Editor); Kenneth A. Kudsk (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed. 2000. 2nd printing edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 5, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 497
ISBN-13: 9783540426042
Subjects: Dietetics & nutrition; Intensive care medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Nutrition; Critical Care; Internal Medicine; Medical / Critical Care; Medical : Internal Medicine; Medical : Nutrition; Nutritional therapy; enteral/parenteral feeding; nutrition support; nutritional assessment
First sentence: The practical limitations of conducting clinical studies in critical care patients have impacted the ability of sponsoring agencies to demonstrate convincing outcome improvements from appropriate and aggressive nutrition support.