Eur J Trauma Emerg S
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The delivery of adequate nutrition is an integral part of the care of the critically ill surgical patient, and the provision of nutrition may have a greater impact on outcome than many other therapies commonly employed in the treatment of certain disease states. ⋯ There is currently insufficient evidence to recommend the routine initial use of most disease-specific formulas, as most patients with the disease in question will tolerate standard enteral formulas. However, the clinician should closely monitor for signs of intolerance and utilize disease-specific formulas when appropriate.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Jun 2013
Serum cleaved tau protein and traumatic mild head injury: a preliminary study in the Thai population.
To determine the correlation between serum cleaved tau protein and traumatic mild head injury (MHI) (GCS 13-15). ⋯ As it was uncorrelated with traumatic MHI, serum cleaved tau protein proved to be an unreliable biomarker to use in the early detection of and decision-making for traumatic MHI patients at the emergency department.