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Oral Nutritional Supplements in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease: A Review of the Evidence
Author(s) -
Keithley Joyce K.,
Swanson Barbara
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/088453360101600206
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , intensive care medicine , clinical trial , disease , randomized controlled trial , pediatrics , immunology
Oral nutritional supplements are commonly used to reduce or prevent malnutrition‐related morbidity and mortality in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). In this review, nine prospective randomized clinical trials comparing a variety of oral nutritional supplements with or without nutrition counseling are critically evaluated, and recommendations for future investigations and current therapy are made.