The risk for bloodstream infections is associated with increased parenteral caloric intake in patients receiving parenteral nutrition

BACKGROUND: Patients receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) are at high risk for bloodstream infections (BSI). The notion that intravenous calories and glucose lead to hyperglycemia, which in turn contributes to BSI risk, is widely held but is unproven. We therefore sought to determine the role...

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Autores principales: Dissanaike, Sharmila, Shelton, Marilyn, Warner, Keir, O'Keefe, Grant E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2556767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17958913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6167

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