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The Eating Position and Serum Alb Levels at Discharge of Patients with Oral Nutrition.
| NST intervention | Discharge | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control group (n=9) | ||||||
| Eating position (sitting/lateral) | 9/0 | |||||
| Serum Alb level (g/dL) | 2.9±0.3 | 2.7±0.3 | n.s. | |||
| Lateral position group (n=61) | ||||||
| Eating position (sitting/lateral) | 35/26 | |||||
| Serum Alb level (g/dL) | 2.8±0.5 | 3.0±0.5 | <0.01 |
Wilcoxon signed-rank test. n.s.: not significant
