Comparison of the nutritional status and outcome in thermal burn patients receiving vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets

Background: The importance of adequate nutritional support in burned patients cannot be overemphasised. For adequate long-term compliance by the patients, diet should be formulated in accordance with their pre-burn dietary habits, religious beliefs, and tastes. Patients and Methods: A study was cond...

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Main Authors: Samira Sharma, Ramesh K. Sharma, Atul Parashar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2014-05-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.138959