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Gastrointestinal absorption studies in cardiac cachexia

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The nutritional status of 11 patients with severe mitral valve disease was investigated pre-operatively and 3 months post-operatively. It was shown that they were malnourished pre-operatively, and that this appeared to be related mainly to anorexia.

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  1. Metabolic and Nutrition Research Unit, Baragwanath Hospital, P O Bertsham 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

    N. Buchanan & C. D. Eyberg

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Baragwanath Hospital, P O Bertsham 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

    R. D. Cane

  3. Departments of Intensive Care, Baragwanath Hospital, P O Bertsham 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

    R. D. Cane

  4. Cardiac Surgery, Baragwanath Hospital, P O Bertsham 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

    R. Kinsley

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Buchanan, N., Cane, R.D., Kinsley, R. et al. Gastrointestinal absorption studies in cardiac cachexia. Intensive Care Med 3, 89–91 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01683067

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