Enteral glutamine supplementation in critically ill patients with burn injuries: A retrospective case-control evaluation

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-19

  Juang, Paul ^a   Fish, Douglas N ^b   Jung, Rose ^b   MacLaren, Robert ^b  

^a ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Critical care; Enteral; Glutamine; Infection; Intensive care; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; SYMPT X G 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEAT INJURY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CELLULITIS; COLORADO; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846054470     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.27.1.11     Document Type: Article

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