Glutamine: A double edge sword in the intensive care unit?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2692-2694

  Bracco, David ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Mortality rate; Nonessential amino acid; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; NUCLEOTIDE; NUTRACEUTICAL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27944511437     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000186750.06199.0F     Document Type: Editorial

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