... Abstract Whilst there is much focus on applying resources to generate evidence from human nutrition research, whether these involve experiment, observation or intervention, there is considerably little investment in the development and evaluation of effective approaches to apply the available...

... prognosis and management. The advent of intravenous feeding (parenteral nutrition) in the 1970s enabled patients with massive (>90%) bowel resection to survive for the first time and to be rehabilitated back into normal life. To achieve this, central venous catheters were inserted preferably...