Does glutamine enable severely ill intensive care patients to cope better with infection and increase their chance of survival?

Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 712-713

  Hardy, Gil ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUTAMINE;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0036752244     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(02)00864-X     Document Type: Article

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