Glutamine-enriched enteral nutrition in very-low-birth-weight infants and effects on feeding tolerance and infectious morbidity: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1397-1404

  Van Den Berg, Anemone ^a   Van Elburg, Ruurd M ^a   Westerbeek, Elisabeth A M ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Fetter, Willem P F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Glutamine; Infant; Randomized controlled trial; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; BABY FOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCIDENCE; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION CONTROL; NEWBORN; SEPSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21944453541     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.6.1397     Document Type: Article

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