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Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery 1/2009

01-01-2009 | Current Concepts in Clinical Surgery

Food fight! Parenteral nutrition, enteral stimulation and gut-derived mucosal immunity

Authors: Joshua L. Hermsen, Yoshifumi Sano, Kenneth A. Kudsk

Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

Introduction

Nutrition support is an integral component of modern patient care. Type and route of nutritional support impacts clinical infectious outcomes in critically injured patients.

Discussion

This article reviews the relationships between type and route of nutrition and gut-derived mucosal immunity in both the clinical and laboratory settings.
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Metadata
Title
Food fight! Parenteral nutrition, enteral stimulation and gut-derived mucosal immunity
Authors
Joshua L. Hermsen
Yoshifumi Sano
Kenneth A. Kudsk
Publication date
01-01-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1435-2443
Electronic ISSN: 1435-2451
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-008-0339-x

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