Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8745280 | Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis | 2017 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Sufficient nutritional support whether enteral or parenteral is very important in critically ill patients. TPN should never be used as a substitute for EN in patients who can tolerate enteral feeding as it is associated with infectious and metabolic complications and its deleterious effect on patients, outcome.
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Authors
Abd El Rahim I. Yousef, Maha M. El Gabry, Mohamed El-Shabrawy, Rania H. Mohammed,