Decrease in Frequency of Liquid Stool in Enterally Fed Critically Ill Patients Given the Multispecies Probiotic VSL#3: A Pilot Trial
- 30 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AACN Publishing in American Journal of Critical Care
- Vol. 19 (3), e1-e11
- https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2010976
Abstract
Background Diarrhea has adverse consequences for critically ill patients, health care staff, and health care costs.Keywords
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