Effects of enteral nutrition on patients with pressure lesions: a single center, pilot study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Protein-energetic malnutrition (PEM) affects prognosis and mortality in elderly patients as an inadequate nutritional status is a risk factor for the development and worsening of pressure sores (PS). We aimed to evaluate the incidence of PEM in outpatients with PS and to study the impact of nutritional support on the stage of PS. PATIENTS AND METHODS PS patients, divided in a group treated with artificial nutrition (group A) and those...
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Effects of enteral nutrition on patients with pressure lesions: a single center, pilot study
Published Date
Feb 1, 2020
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