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Protein energy supplementation of usual hospital diet did not improve outcomes in inpatients with recent stroke

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    Dennis MS, Lewis SC, Warlow C. Routine oral nutritional supplementation for stroke patients in hospital (FOOD): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2005;365:755–63.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q Does routine oral protein energy supplementation of a usual hospital diet improve outcomes in patients admitted with recent stroke?

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    randomised controlled trial (FOOD [Feed Or Ordinary Diet] trials).

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    concealed.

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    blinded (outcome assessors).

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    median 6.7 months.

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    125 hospitals in 15 countries.

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    4023 patients (mean age 71 y, 53% men, 8% undernourished) who were admitted with a recent stroke (first or recurrent stroke ⩽7 d before admission) and whose clinicians were uncertain about whether to use oral nutritional supplements after they had passed the …

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    Footnotes

    • A modified version of this abstract appears in ACP Journal Club.

    • For correspondence: Professor M Dennis, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. martin.dennised.ac.uk

    • Sources of funding: National Health Service Research and Development, UK; Stroke Association; Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive; Chest, Heart and Stroke, Scotland; and Royal Australasian College of Physicians.