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SUBMITTER: Hubbard GP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413916 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hubbard Gary P GP Fry Catherine C Sorensen Katy K Casewell Catherine C Collins Lydia L Cunjamalay Annaruby A Simpson Michelle M Wall Amanda A Van Wyk Elmarie E Ward Matthew M Hallowes Sophie S Duggan Hannah H Robison Jennifer J Gane Helen H Pope Lucy L Clark Jennifer J Stratton Rebecca J RJ
European journal of pediatrics 20200313 9
Children with or at risk of faltering growth require nutritional support and are often prescribed oral nutritional supplements (ONS). This randomised controlled trial investigated the effects of energy-dense paediatric ONS (2.4 kcal/ml, 125 ml: cONS) versus 1.5 kcal/ml, 200 ml ONS (sONS) in community-based paediatric patients requiring oral nutritional support. Fifty-one patients (mean age 5.8 years (SD 3)) with faltering growth and/or requiring ONS to meet their nutritional requirements were ra ...[more]