Is omega-3 fatty acids enriched nutrition support safe for critical Ill patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2148-2164

  Chen, Wei ^a,b   Jiang, Hua ^a,b,c   Zhou, Zhi Yuan ^b,d   Tao, Ye Xuan ^b,c   Cai, Bin ^b   Liu, Jie ^b,c   Yang, Hao ^b   Lu, Charles Damien ^b   Zeng, Jun ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Meta analysis; Omega 3 fatty acids; Parenteral nutrition; Severe illness

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; APACHE; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CRITICAL ILLNESS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84901806249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6062148     Document Type: Article

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