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Identifying critically ill patients who benefit the most from nutrition therapy: the development and initial validation of a novel risk assessment tool

Critical Care · 2011 · Vol. 15(6) · pp. R268–R268

Daren K. Heyland✉(Kingston General Hospital)Rupinder Dhaliwal(Clinical Evaluation Research Unit)Xuran Jiang(Kingston General Hospital)Andrew G. Day(Kingston General Hospital)

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Abstract

This scoring algorithm may be helpful in identifying critically ill patients most likely to benefit from aggressive nutrition therapy.

Nutrition and Health in Aging Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Electrolyte and hormonal disordersMedicineCritically illIntensive care medicine

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AgedC-Reactive ProteinCalcitoninEatingFemaleHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedNutritional StatusProspective StudiesProtein PrecursorsWeight LossNutrition AssessmentCalcitonin Gene-Related Peptide

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