Intravenous Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients Should Be Delayed, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606142354.htm

ScienceDaily (June 7, 2011) — Patients in the intensive care unit who do not tolerate adequate nutrition from tube feeding should wait a week before receiving intravenous (IV) feeding because, compared with early IV feeding, it enhances recovery from critical illness. Results of a new multicenter study from Belgium are being presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

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