Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 332-338 , March 2005

Predicting total urinary nitrogen excretion from urinary urea nitrogen excretion in multiple-trauma patients receiving specialized nutritional support

Presented in part at the Third Annual Nutrition Week; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; February 12, 2004.

  • Roland N. Dickerson, Pharm.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Angelina C. Tidwell, Pharm.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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  • Gayle Minard, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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  • Martin A. Croce, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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  • Rex O. Brown, Pharm.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Received 30 March 2004 ,Accepted 8 July 2004.

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 This study was supported in part by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Rhoads Research Foundation, and B. Braun Medical, Inc.

PII: S0899-9007(04)00294-1

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.07.005

Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 332-338 , March 2005

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