TY - JOUR T1 - <span hwp:id="article-title-1" class="article-title">Intensive nutritional supplementation improved functional outcome after stroke</span><span hwp:id="article-title-2" class="sub-article-title">Commentary</span> JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 85 LP - 85 DO - 10.1136/ebn.12.3.85 VL - 12 IS - 3 AU - Nancy Bergstrom Y1 - 2009/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/12/3/85.abstract N2 - Does an intensive nutritional supplement improve functional outcome in undernourished patients in a stroke rehabilitation unit?Design:randomised controlled trial.Allocation:concealed.Blinding:blinded (patients, healthcare providers, therapists, data collectors, and outcome assessors).Follow-up period:to discharge (mean 26 d).Setting:stroke rehabilitation unit in New York, USA.Patients:116 patients (mean age 74 y, 59% men) who had had a first stroke &lt;4 weeks before admission to the unit, had ⩾2.5% weight loss within 2 weeks after the stroke, were medically stable, and were able to ingest food orally. Exclusion criteria were dementia, alcohol abuse, renal or liver disease, malabsorption, and terminal illness.Intervention:intensive nutritional supplement (240 calories, 11 g of protein) (n = 58) or standard nutritional supplement (127 calories, 5 g of protein) (n = 58), 120 … ER -