A prospective randomized trial of enteral glutamine in critical illness

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1710-1716

  Hall, John C ^a   Dobb, Geoffrey ^b   Hall, Jane ^a   De Sousa, Ruth ^b   Brennan, Lisa ^b   McCauley, Rosalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Enteral nutrition; Glutamine; Sepsis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS;

ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 0242677718     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1937-2     Document Type: Article

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