Is there a correlation between circulating levels of citrulline and intestinal dysfunction in the critically ill?

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 527-532

  Noordally, S Oaleed ^a   Sohawon, Schoeb ^b   Semlali, Hamza ^c   Michely, David ^c   Devriendt, Jacques ^c   Gottignies, Philippe ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier Jolimont Lobbes   (Belgium)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

citrulline; critical illness; critically ill; intestinal diseases; renal insufficiency; survival

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; APACHE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CITRULLINE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREALBUMIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864272024     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533612449360     Document Type: Article

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