Perioperative Use of Total Parenteral Nutrition: Variations in Guidelines and Practice in Three Norwegian Hospitals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstract
In a cross-sectional, retrospective study of 604 cases, variations among three Norwegian hospitals in use of perioperative parenteral nutrition (TPN) after gastrointestinal surgery was determined. Postoperative TPN rates were 25%, 34% (p =.05) and 56% (p <.0001). respectively. However, a substantial part of the variation was explained by differences in patient characteristics.
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- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , Fall 1995 , pp. 741 - 749
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