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Nutrition Support Guidelines for Therapeutically Immunosuppressed Patients

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From Nutrition Support to Pharmacologic Nutrition in the ICU

Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care Medicine ((UICMSOFT,volume 34))

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Solid organ and marrow transplantation present unique nutrition challenges. The increasing prevalence and success of these transplants requires that nutrition providers be aware of the specific nutritional needs and problems associated with transplantation.

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  1. Transplant Services, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    J. Hasse

  2. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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    Claude Pichard MD, PhD (Head of Clinical Nutrition) (Head of Clinical Nutrition)

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA

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Hasse, J., Robien, K. (2002). Nutrition Support Guidelines for Therapeutically Immunosuppressed Patients. In: Pichard, C., Kudsk, K.A. (eds) From Nutrition Support to Pharmacologic Nutrition in the ICU. Update in Intensive Care Medicine, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57119-0_29

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