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  1. Assimilation efficiency and gut passage time in an African elapid snake, <em>Hemachatus haemachatus</em>

    Assimilation efficiency and gut passage time in an African elapid snake, Hemachatus haemachatus

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: GrahamJ. Alexander --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa ShirleyA. Hanrahan --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Duncan Mitchell --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
    We measured apparent assimilation efficiency (AAE) and gut passage time in the African elapid snake Hemachatus haemachatus under laboratory conditions. AAE was dependent on food type, being 89.8% when snakes were fed frogs and 82.8% when fed mice. Differences in...
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  2. Energy expenditure measured by indirect calorimetry in a neuroscience intensive care unit: a retrospective observational study

    Energy expenditure measured by indirect calorimetry in a neuroscience intensive care unit: a retrospective observational study

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Clarabella Liew --- Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Singapore Kok Wah Wong --- , Singapore Puay Shi Ng --- , Singapore Yie Hui Lau --- Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Singapore
    Objectives: To compare indirect calorimetry (IC) readings with the Harris–Benedict equation (HBE) predictions of resting energy expenditure (REE) in intubated acute brain-injured patients in a tertiary hospital’s Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
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