Glutamine supplementation for critically ill adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Tao, Kun Ming ^a   Li, Xiao Qian ^b   Yang, Li Qun ^a   Yu, Wei Feng ^a   Lu, Zhi Jie ^a   Sun, Yu Ming ^a   Wu, Fei Xiang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTRECTOMY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; METABOLIC STRESS; MORTALITY; NITROGEN BALANCE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; GLUTAMINE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84922647524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010050.pub2     Document Type: Review

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