Perioperative Total Parenteral Nutrition in Surgical Patients
Open Access
- 22 August 1991
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 325 (8), 525-532
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199108223250801
Abstract
We undertook this study to test the hypothesis that perioperative total parenteral nutrition (TPN) decreases the incidence of serious complications after major abdominal or thoracic surgical procedures in malnourished patients.Keywords
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