Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 1025-1031 , October 2006

Formula delivery in patients receiving enteral tube feeding on general hospital wards: the impact of nasogastric extubation and diarrhea

  • Kevin Whelan, Ph.D., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Sciences Research Division, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: + 4420-7848-3858; fax: + 4420-7848-4185.
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  • Lydia Hill, B.Sc, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Sciences Research Division, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Victor R. Preedy, D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Sciences Research Division, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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  • Patricia A. Judd, Ph.D., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lancashire School of Health and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
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  • Moira A. Taylor, Ph.D., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Received 24 March 2006 ,Accepted 28 July 2006.

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 The study was funded by an unrestricted grant from King’s College London and Nestlé UK.

PII: S0899-9007(06)00302-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.07.004

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 1025-1031 , October 2006

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