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Immunonutrition.
Current opinion in gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2005
Grimble Robert F
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To outline recent findings on the efficacy of immunonutrients in patients undergoing inflammatory stress due to surgery, infection and cancer. RECENT FINDINGS: Enteral nutrition is more efficacious and poses lower risks than parenteral nutrition. It reduces infection rates and shortens ICU and hospital length of stay of critically ill patients. Beneficial effects of immunonutrition are most...
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