Predictive equations over-estimate the resting energy expenditure in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients who are dependent on invasive ventilation support

BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a form of degenerative motor neuron disease. At the end stage of the disease artificial feeding is often required. Nevertheless, very little is known about the energy demand of those ALS patients who are chronically dependent on tracheostomy intermi...

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Autores principales: Siirala, Waltteri, Olkkola, Klaus T, Noponen, Tommi, Vuori, Arno, Aantaa, Riku
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20796286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-7-70

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