• Hosp Med · Mar 2002

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    Glutamine-enhanced nutrition in the critically ill patient.

    • Francis Andrews and Richard Griffiths.
    • Intensive Care Medicine Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA.
    • Hosp Med. 2002 Mar 1;63(3):144-7.

    AbstractIt 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.

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