Clinical nutrition : official journal of the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Should the food intake of patients admitted to acute hospital services be routinely supplemented? A randomized placebo controlled trial.
Many patients admitted to acute hospital services are underweight or harbour vitamin deficiencies. ⋯ No benefit was observed for sipfeed intervention although a small benefit of less than one day is not excluded. Vitamin supplementation may have slight but economically important benefit.