September GI Journal Club – Nutrition
Sway Desai presented the NEJM article: Early versus late parenteral nutrition in critically ill adults [PMID: 21714640] that evaluated parenteral nutritional support in the ICU setting in Europe, where formulations of TPN differ widely from what is available in the US. Overall, patients with early parenteral nutrition did not fare better than patients who were started […]
September Journal Club – Take Home Points – Hepatology
Lisa Jones presented a paper [PMID: 21538434] on female sex as a predictor of advanced recurrent disease, mortality and graft loss after liver transplantation. This was a retrospective study with limited information available via chart review about certain variables such as etiology of graft loss, immunosuppressive regimen, and possible additional confounders. Overall, the study raised numerous […]
