Parenteral L-alanyl-L-glutamine improves 6-month outcome in critically ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2032-2037

  Goeters, Christiane ^a   Wenn, Anke ^a   Mertes, Norbert ^a   Wempe, Carola ^a   Van Aken, Hugo ^a   Stehle, Peter ^a   Bone, Hans Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Intensive care; Outcome; Total parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALANYLGLUTAMINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036743765     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200209000-00013     Document Type: Article

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