Total energy expenditure in patients with small-cell lung cancer: results of a validated study using the bicarbonate-urea method.
The bicarbonate-urea method for measuring CO2 production was applied to eight free-living patients (mean age, 68 +/- 10 years; mean weight, 69 +/- 10 kg; mean height, 1.65 +/- 0.10 m) with unresectable small-cell lung cancer for a period of 1 day (n = 5) or 2 days (n = 3). The basal metabolic rate (...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Langue: | English |
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1997
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