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Review
. 2004 Dec;16(4):559-69.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2004.06.003.

Nutritional support in the critically injured

Vicki J Fox  1 , Julie Miller, Meredith McClung
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Nutritional support in the critically injured

Vicki J Fox et al. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Nutritional support must be an integral part of the management of trauma victims. This article compares the stress response, a maladaptive response, and starvation, an adaptive process, examines the clinical research regarding total parenteral nutrition and total enteral nutrition, provides an evidence-based approach to initiating nutritional support in critically injured patients, and discusses considerations in selecting nutritional formulas.

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