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A randomized controlled pilot study to evaluate the effect of an enteral formulation designed to improve gastrointestinal tolerance in the critically ill patient—the SPIRIT trial

BACKGROUND: Diarrhea is frequent in patients in intensive care units (ICU) and is associated with discomfort and complications and may increase the length of stay and nursing workload. METHODS: This was a prospective, double-blind, randomized, controlled single-center pilot study to assess the incid...

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Autores principales: Jakob, Stephan M., Bütikofer, Lukas, Berger, David, Coslovsky, Michael, Takala, Jukka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28599662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1730-1