Ornithine α-ketoglutarate improves wound healing in severe burn patients: A prospective randomized double-blind trial versus isonitrogenous controls

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1772-1776

  Coudray Lucas, Colette ^a   Le Bever, Henri ^b   Cynober, Luc ^a   De Bandt, Jean Pascal ^a   Carsin, Henri ^b  

^a Faculte de Pharmacie   (France)

^b PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Burn patients; Enteral nutrition; Last graft; Ornithine ketoglutarate; Pharmaconutrient; Plasma phenylalanine; Serum transthyretin; Unit burn standard; Urinary 3 methylhistidine creatinine ratio; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLHISTIDINE; ORNITHINE OXOGLUTARATE; PHENYLALANINE; PREALBUMIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033917350     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200006000-00012     Document Type: Article

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