Immunonutrition in the critically ill: From old approaches to new paradigms

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-503

  Heyland, Daren ^a   Dhaliwal, Rupinder ^a  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIET; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IMMUNONUTRITION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARGININE; CANADA; CRITICAL CARE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 17444422830     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2590-8     Document Type: Editorial

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