Saudi Med J
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Under normal physiological conditions, glutamine is synthesized in large amounts by the human body and is considered nonessential. It has been hypothesized that glutamine may become a conditionally essential amino acid in patients with catabolic disease. The objective of this study is to investigate the prognostic effect of glutamine. ⋯ Glutamine may decrease the catabolism. It may also have a positive effect on treatment time and the consequences of therapy in critically ill patients.
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The purpose of this study is to review the postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) course, complications and outcome of Down's syndrome children undergoing surgical repair of congenital heart diseases (CHD). ⋯ Patients with Down's syndrome undergoing CHD repair had an acceptable postoperative morbidity and low mortality. Their results are comparable to non-Down's cardiac patients. From an ICU perspective, the majority of these patients do well postoperatively with good ICU outcome.