The impact of oral glutamine supplementation on the intestinal permeability and incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis/septicemia in premature neonates

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1294-1300

  Sevastiadou, Sofia ^a   Malamitsi Puchner, Ariadne ^b   Costalos, Christos ^a   Skouroliakou, Maria ^c   Briana, Despina D ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^b   Roma Giannikou, Eleftheria ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonatal enteral integrity; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GLUTAMINE; LACTOSE; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLACEBO; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; URINE LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; PERMEABILITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 80053019376     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.564240     Document Type: Article

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