Effects of glutamine supplementation on patients undergoing abdominal surgery

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-59

  Fan, Yue Ping ^a   Yu, Jian Chun ^a   Kang, Wei Ming ^a   Zhang, Qun ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal operation; Glutamine dipeptide; Glutathione; Total parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 64949162718     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-9294(09)60060-2     Document Type: Article

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