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ArticleFederal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS2018

The Effect of Immunonutrition on Veterans Undergoing Major Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer.

Sherri Lewis, Michelle Pugsley, Christopher Schneider, Steven S Rakita, Lisa J Moudgill

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Article in Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Mapping the global research landscape on nutritional support for patients with gastrointestinal malignancy: visualization analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sherri Lewisis a Dietetic Program Internship Director, is a Clinical Dietitian, is the Lead Surgical Service Physician Assistant, is Chief of Surgical Service, is Chief of Division of General Surgery, all at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Moudgill is an Assistant Professor, and Dr. Rakita is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at University of South Florida.
Michelle Pugsleyis a Dietetic Program Internship Director, is a Clinical Dietitian, is the Lead Surgical Service Physician Assistant, is Chief of Surgical Service, is Chief of Division of General Surgery, all at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Moudgill is an Assistant Professor, and Dr. Rakita is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at University of South Florida.
Christopher Schneideris a Dietetic Program Internship Director, is a Clinical Dietitian, is the Lead Surgical Service Physician Assistant, is Chief of Surgical Service, is Chief of Division of General Surgery, all at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Moudgill is an Assistant Professor, and Dr. Rakita is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at University of South Florida.
Steven S Rakitais a Dietetic Program Internship Director, is a Clinical Dietitian, is the Lead Surgical Service Physician Assistant, is Chief of Surgical Service, is Chief of Division of General Surgery, all at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Moudgill is an Assistant Professor, and Dr. Rakita is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at University of South Florida.
Lisa J Moudgillis a Dietetic Program Internship Director, is a Clinical Dietitian, is the Lead Surgical Service Physician Assistant, is Chief of Surgical Service, is Chief of Division of General Surgery, all at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Moudgill is an Assistant Professor, and Dr. Rakita is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at University of South Florida.
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A randomized controlled trial found that providing immunonutrition supplementation before surgery reduced the rate of postoperative complications and the length of hospital stays.

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PMID30766401
PMCPMC6375420
OpenAlexW3006347276

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