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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 6/2010

01-06-2010 | Correspondence

Early enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: authors’ response

Authors: Gordon S. Doig, Fiona Simpson

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2010

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Dear Dr Koretz: Thank you for your letter regarding our published meta-analysis on the topic of early enteral nutrition (EN) [1]. I trust this brief response will clear up some of your misunderstandings. …
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Metadata
Title
Early enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: authors’ response
Authors
Gordon S. Doig
Fiona Simpson
Publication date
01-06-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1792-x

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