Oral glutamine in addition to parenteral nutrition improves mortality and the healing of high-output intestinal fistulas

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 672-676

  De Aguilar Nascimento, José Eduardo ^a,b   Caporossi, C ^a   Borges Dock Nascimento, D ^a   De Arruda, I S ^a   Moreno, K ^a   Moreno, W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO JÚLIO MÜLLER   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anastomotic dehiscence; Fistula; Glutamine; Malnutrition; Parenteral nutrition; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

FISTULA;

EID: 37149007594     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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