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Nutrition support of the trauma patient
Walter L Biffl1, Ernest E Moore, James B Haenel
1Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. walt@biffl.com
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
|November 15, 2002
Abstract:
Hypercatabolism after trauma may lead to acute protein malnutrition, ultimately resulting in multiple organ failure. Nutrition support may prevent this sequence. This review addresses the need for early nutrition support, the preferred route of substrate delivery, and the potential advantages of "immune-enhancing" diets.