Outcome of critically ill patients after supplementation with glutamine

Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 752-754

  Griffiths, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Glutamine; Intensive care; Outcome; Parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030747709     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0899-9007(97)83039-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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