Is low plasma selenium concentration a true reflection of selenium deficiency and redox status in critically ill patients?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2000-2001

  Bar Or, David ^a,b   Garrett, Raymond E ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Anthony Central Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; critical illness; oxidation reduction potential; redox; selenium

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN P; TRANSFER RNA;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SEPSIS; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 79961074702     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31821caf55     Document Type: Editorial

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