Vitamin B1 in critically ill patients: Needs and challenges

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1652-1668

  Collie, Jake T B ^a   Greaves, Ronda F ^a,b   Jones, Oliver A H ^c   Lam, Que ^a   Eastwood, Glenn M ^d   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^d,e  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Dorevitch Pathology   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

chromatography; critically ill; mass spectrometry; standardisation; thiamine; vitamin B1

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; COCARBOXYLASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL CHICKEN; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFEEDING SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; ANALYTIC METHOD; DATA BASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEPTIC SHOCK; ACIDOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDS;

ACIDOSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; REFEEDING SYNDROME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEPSIS; THIAMINE;

EID: 85030979855     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-0054     Document Type: Review

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