Glutamine and antioxidants: Status of their use in critical illness

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-186

  Van Zanten, Arthur R H ^a  

^a GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glutamine; ICU; Infections; Mortality; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTAMINE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; VENTILATED PATIENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEFICIENCY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SELENIUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922640997     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000152     Document Type: Article

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