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Prospective, randomized, controlled trial to determine the effect of early enhanced enteral nutrition on clinical outcome in mechanically ventilated patients suffering head injury.

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Enhanced EN appears to accelerate neurologic recovery and reduces both the incidence of major complications and postinjury inflammatory responses.
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Objective:To determine the effect of early enhanced enteral nutrition (EN) on clinical outcome of head-injured patients.Design:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial.Setting:Tertiary neurosurgical and trauma center.Patients:Eighty-two patients suffering head injury and requiring mechanical ventil

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Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Fourth Edition

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Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.).

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Prognosis in acute organ-system failure.

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