[Relationship between the NUTRIC nutritional risk scale and protein hypercatabolism in critically ventilated

Dino Moretti1, Melisa D Ré, Nicolás S Rocchetti

  • 1Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. Hospital Escuela "Eva Perón". San Martín 1645. (2152) Granadero Baigorria (Gran Rosario). Santa Fe. Argentina.. morettidino@hotmail.com.

Nutricion Hospitalaria
|December 12, 2018
PubMed
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