title: Nutritional support after spinal cord injury.
abstract: There is insufficient evidence to support treatment standards.
  
  
  
  There is insufficient evidence to support treatment guidelines.
  
  
  
  Nutritional support of patients with spinal cord injuries is recommended. Energy expenditure is best determined by indirect calorimetry in these patients because equation estimates of energy expenditure and subsequent caloric need tend to be inaccurate.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grabb
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Oyesiku
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Przybylski
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Resnick
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Ryken
mesh_terms: D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*