Glutamine-containing parenteral nutrition: Another piece in the jigsaw?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 893-894

  Noble, David W ^a   Avenell, A ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Glutamine; Parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CALORIC INTAKE; COST OF ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIPEPTIDES; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL;

EID: 33644594302     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000202131.09279.FC     Document Type: Editorial

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