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Nutritional and immunological parameters for identification of the high risk patient

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Malnutrition is a common problem in hospital patients; in surgical patients if not diagnosed and treated, malnutrition is often associated with an increased incidence of post-operative sepsis.

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Dionigi, R., Dominioni, L., Dionigi, P., Nazari, S. (1983). Nutritional and immunological parameters for identification of the high risk patient. In: Johnston, I.D.A. (eds) Advances in Clinical Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5918-0_29

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