Low blood thiamine concentrations in children upon admission to the intensive care unit: Risk factors and prognostic significance

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-61

  De Lima, Lúcio Flávio Peixoto ^a   Leite, Heitor Pons ^a   De AC Taddei, José Augusto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; THIAMINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 78651338050     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.29078     Document Type: Article

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