KUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.53, no.1, pp.13-17, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: To investigate the effect of enteral (EN), parenteral (PN) and enteral-parenteral (EN+PN) nutritional support treatments on the type and location of micro-organisms produced causing infection and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients treated by invasive mechanical ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).