Parenteral fish oil as a pharmacological agent to modulate post-operative immune response: A randomized, double-blind, and controlled clinical trial in patients with gastrointestinal cancer

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 503-510

  De Miranda Torrinhas, Raquel Susana Matos ^a   Santana, Raquel ^a   Garcia, Thaís ^a   Cury Boaventura, Maria Fernanda ^b   Sales, Maria Mirtes ^a   Curi, Rui ^a   Waitzberg, Dan Linetzky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Immunology; Omega 3 fatty acids; Parenteral nutrition; Surgery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD32 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOVENOES; LIPOVENOS MCT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; OMEGAVEN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SEPTIC SHOCK; VOMITING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMULSIONS; FAT EMULSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; FEMALE; FISH OILS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, IGG; RESPIRATORY BURST; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879463171     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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