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Patient flow through the study |
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| Patients admitted to the intensive care unit |
3,409 |
| Patients without artificial nutrition |
2,653 |
| Patients with artificial nutrition |
756 |
| Patients excluded |
31 |
| Patients studied |
725 |
| Patients on total parenteral nutrition |
303 |
| Patients also receiving enteral nutrition* |
122 |
| Patients on enteral nutrition |
422 |
| Patients also receiving total parenteral nutrition** |
67 |
|
* Group of patients who received enteral nutrition after TPN ** Group of patients who received TPN after enteral nutrition | |
Grau et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R10 doi:10.1186/cc5670 |
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