title: Nutrition and wound healing.
abstract: A role for nutrition therapy in the regulation of wound healing has been predicated on two concepts. The first is that malnutrition increases the risk of wound-related complications. The second is that dietary intervention, either in the form of complete nutrition support or as single nutrient supplementation, can improve or accelerate the wound-healing response. Although frequently stated and extensively discussed, these two concepts are not supported by objective data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Albina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D014801:Vitamin A; D014945:Wound Healing; D015032:Zinc
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A; D001120:Arginine; D015032:Zinc; D001205:Ascorbic Acid