Update on clinical micronutrient supplementation studies in the critically ill

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 711-716

  Berger, Mette M ^a   Shenkin, Alan ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute deficiency; Outcome; Oxidative stress; Safety; Selenium; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

BLOOD LEVEL; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MICRONUTRIENT BLOOD LEVEL; MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STROKE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SELENIUM; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750365051     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000247466.41661.ba     Document Type: Review

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