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Glutamine-enhanced nutrition in the critically ill patient
Francis Andrews1, Richard Griffiths
1Intensive Care Medicine Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA.
Hospital Medicine (London, England : 1998)
|April 6, 2002
Abstract:
It is well established that critically ill patients have a deficiency of the amino acid glutamine. This article reviews the evidence for supplemental glutamine in the critically ill, focusing on the benefits in terms of reduced mortality and infectious morbidity.