Perioperative intravenous glutamine supplemetation in major abdominal surgery for cancer: A randomized multicenter trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 684-689

  Gianotti, Luca ^a   Braga, Marco ^b   Biffi, Roberto ^c   Bozzetti, Federico ^d   Mariani, Luigi ^e  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d General Hospital   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANYLGLUTAMINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DIPEPTIDES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 70449411296     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181bcb28d     Document Type: Article

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