Plasma glutamine deficiency is associated with multiple organ failure in critically ill children

Amino Acids

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 535-542

  Ekmark, Leif ^a,b   Rooyackers, Olav ^b   Wernerman, Jan ^b   Fläring, Urban ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Intensive care; Morbidity mortality; Multiorgan system failure

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEFICIENCY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84925539161     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1885-x     Document Type: Article

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