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. 1986 Nov;27(Suppl 1):14–17. doi: 10.1136/gut.27.suppl_1.14

Indications for nutritional support.

Y A Carpentier
PMCID: PMC1434612  PMID: 3098638

Abstract

In this review different types of patients who usually require nutritional support are considered and recommendations made as to when nutritional support should be started, how long it should be continued, and which substrates should be preferentially used by which route.

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