Prolonged fasting with fluid therapy is related to poorer outcomes in medical patients

Background and objective: An inadequate fluid therapy can worsen the outcomes of surgical patients, but there are no data in medical patients. The aim of this study was to determine the adequacy of fluid therapy in hospitalised patients of medical wards, and its influence on outcomes. Methods: Cross...

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Main Authors: Georgios Kyriakos, Alicia Calleja-Fernández, Dalia Ávila-Turcios, Isidoro Cano-Rodríguez, María D. Ballesteros Pomar, Alfonso Vidal-Casariego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arán Ediciones, S. L. 2013-10-01
Series:Nutrición Hospitalaria
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112013000500050&lng=en&tlng=en