Abstract A 10 day study of nitrogen and calorie balance has been undertaken in 61 women patients aged 65β96 years (mean age 81 years) with femoral neck fractures. All underwent fracture surgery with an inhalation anaesthetic lasting from 45 min to 2 h. Intake of ward food varied widely but was alway
Supplementary feeds following femoral neck fracture
β Scribed by M. D. Bastow
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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