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Peter E. Ballmer
Researcher at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
Publications - 85
Citations - 3583
Peter E. Ballmer is an academic researcher from Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Malnutrition. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 81 publications receiving 2784 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter E. Ballmer include University of Bern & University of Zurich.
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ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition
Tommy Cederholm,Rocco Barazzoni,P. Austin,P. Austin,Peter E. Ballmer,Gianni Biolo,Stephan C. Bischoff,Charlene Compher,I. Correia,Takashi Higashiguchi,Mette Holst,Gordon L. Jensen,Ainsley Malone,Maurizio Muscaritoli,Ibolya Nyulasi,Matthias Pirlich,Elisabet Rothenberg,Karin Schindler,Stéphane M. Schneider,M.A.E. de van der Schueren,M.A.E. de van der Schueren,Cornel C. Sieber,Luzia Valentini,Jian-Chun Yu,A. Van Gossum,Pierre Singer +25 more
TL;DR: An agreement of basic nutritional terminology to be used in clinical practice, research, and the ESPEN guideline developments has been established and may help to support future global consensus efforts and updates of classification systems such as the International Classification of Disease.
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Inhaled nitric oxide for high-altitude pulmonary edema
Urs Scherrer,Laurent Vollenweider,Alain Delabays,Milos Savcic,Urs Eichenberger,Gian-Reto Kleger,Antonin Fikrle,Peter E. Ballmer,Pascal Nicod,Peter Bärtsch +9 more
TL;DR: The inhalation of nitric oxide improves arterial oxygenation in high-altitude pulmonary edema, and this beneficial effect may be related to its favorable action on the distribution of blood flow in the lungs.
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ESPEN guideline on ethical aspects of artificial nutrition and hydration
Christiane Druml,Peter E. Ballmer,Wilfred Druml,Frank Oehmichen,Alan Shenkin,Pierre Singer,P.B. Soeters,Arved Weimann,Stephan C. Bischoff +8 more
TL;DR: The ESPEN Guideline on Ethical and Legal Aspects of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration as mentioned in this paper is focused on the adult patient and provides a critical summary for physicians and caregivers.
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Prevalence of undernutrition on admission to Swiss hospitals.
Reinhard Imoberdorf,Rémy Meier,Peter Krebs,Paul J. Hangartner,Bernhard Hess,Max Stäubli,Daniel Wegmann,Maya Rühlin,Peter E. Ballmer +8 more
TL;DR: Nearly one in five patients was severely undernourished or at high risk for undernutrition in Swiss hospitals, and undernutrition was directly related to age.