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Comparison of measured sleeping metabolic rate and predicted basal metabolic rate during the first year of life: evidence of a bias changing with increasing metabolic rate

Objective: To compare measurements of sleeping metabolic rate (SMR) in infancy with predicted basal metabolic rate (BMR) estimated by the equations of Schofield. Methods: Some 104 serial measurements ...
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Variation in the application of methods used for predicting energy requirements in acutely ill adult patients: a survey of practice

Objective: To determine current methods used by dietitians for estimating the energy requirement of a chronically and acutely ill adult patient and the variation in the application of methods. Design: ...