Abstract
Introduction
Nutrition support is an integral component of modern patient care. Type and route of nutritional support impacts clinical infectious outcomes in critically injured patients.
Discussion
This article reviews the relationships between type and route of nutrition and gut-derived mucosal immunity in both the clinical and laboratory settings.
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This study was supported by NIH grant R01 GM53439. This material is based upon work supported in part by the Office of Research and Development, Biomedical Laboratory R&D Service, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Hermsen, J.L., Sano, Y. & Kudsk, K.A. Food fight! Parenteral nutrition, enteral stimulation and gut-derived mucosal immunity. Langenbecks Arch Surg 394, 17–30 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-008-0339-x
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