Basics in Clinical Nutrition: Special Substrates for Parenteral Nutrition
e-SPEN. 2009 Apr 1; 4(2):E53-E54. doi: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2008.07.016. Epub 2008 Aug 15.
Fürst, P.
Abstract
Learning objective
- To understand the role of some special substrates in clinical nutrition and some practical ways of administering them.
With the discovery of the ways in which metabolism is altered in disease, opportunities have arisen to intervene metabolically in the disease process. The possible efficacy of functional substrates in the injured, immunocompromised and/or malnourished patient has caused renewed interest in the clinical application of dietary intervention in the treatment and prevention of disease
