Selected references

Nutritional assessment

Bistrian BR,  Blackburn GL, et al: Prevalence of malnutrition in general medical patients. JAMA 235:1567-1570, 1976.

Baker JP, Detsky AS, Weson DL, et al: Nutritional assessment: a comparison of clinical judgment and objective measurements.  NEJM  306:969-973, 1988

Miller SJ.  The nitrogen balance revisited.  Hosp Pharm 25:61-70, 1990.

Nutritional support

Nehme AE: Nutritional support of the hospitalized patient: the team concept.  JAMA 243(190): 1906-1908, 1980.

Dean, RE:  Training manual for total parenteral nutrition, second edition.  Precept press,  Chicago, IL, 1990.

Baumgartner TD (Ed).  Clinical guide to parenteral micronutrition, second edition.  Fujisawa USA, Inc., 1991.

Speight KP,  Northup A.  Alternative ways of facilitating nutritional support without a nutrition support team.  Hosp Pharm 28:1065-1075, 1993

Brown RO, Dickerson RN.  Clinical management of the adult home nutrition support patient.  Hosp Pharm 34:760-7, 1999.

Technical aspects of parenteral nutrition

Driscoll DF, Bhargava HN, et al: Physicochemical stability of total nutrient admixtures.  AJHP 52:623-634, 1995.

Miratallo JM:  The complexity of mixing calcium and phosphate.  AJHP 51:1535-1536, 1994.

FDA: Safety alert: Hazards of precipitation associated with parenteral nutrition.  AJHP 51:427-428, 1994.

CDC: guideline for prevention of intravascular device-related infections . Am J Infect Control 1996;24:262-93

General nutrition references

Matarese LE, Gottschlich MM.  Contemporary Nutrition Support Practice.  W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA  1998.

Rombeau JH, Rolandelli RR (eds): Parenteral Nutrition.  WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.

Trissel LA: Handbook of injectable drugs, 8th edition.  ASHP, Bethesda, MD, 1984.

Queen PM, Lang CE (eds). Handbook of pediatric nutrition.  ASPEN,  Silver Spring, MD, 1993.

Merritt, RJ (ed): The A.S.P.E.N. nutrition support practice manual.  ASPEN, Silver Spring, MD, 1998.