Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 82-88 , January 2006

Nutritional status and food intake in nine patients with chronic low-limb ulcers and pressure ulcers: importance of oral supplements

  • Wassim Raffoul, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructive, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Majid Shahin Far, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructive, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Marie-Christine Cayeux, R.N.

      Affiliations

    • Soins Intensifs de Chirurgie et Centre des brûlés, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Mette M. Berger, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Soins Intensifs de Chirurgie et Centre des brûlés, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tél.: +41 21 31 42 095; Fax: +41 21 31 43 045

Received 20 December 2004 ,Accepted 5 April 2005.

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 Financial support: The study was partially supported by a grant from Nestec Ltd. Av Nestlé 55, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland. None of the authors has any conflict of interest, as the supplements are in use in our institution, along with other products.

PII: S0899-9007(05)00237-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.04.014

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 82-88 , January 2006

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