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C Plester

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Proximal and distal measurements of extracellular and total body water by multi-frequency bio-impedance analysis in surgical patients.

Measurements of extracellular water (ECW) and total body water (TBW) can be useful when assessing the nutritional status of surgical patients. The simple and non-invasive nature of bio-impedance techniques may allow repeat measurements to assess clinically significant changes in ECW and TBW. We have evaluated bio-impedance spectroscopy (BIS) and multi-frequency bio-impedance analysis (MFBIA) using radioisotope dilution as the independent method.

Body Composition↗
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Flexible approach to nutritional support in severe acute pancreatitis.

Our patient received 104 days of nutritional support via a combination of the enteral and parenteral routes. Although this was not successful in preventing protein loss, it undoubtedly helped to reduce the rate of protein depletion. More important, however, had this intervention not been provided, the patient could not have survived his prolonged and complicated clinical course, which required him to be kept nil by mouth for 120 days.

Acute Disease↗