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Friday, 17 January 2014

The effect of glutamine therapy on outcomes in critically ill patients

The effect of glutamine therapy on outcomes in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Critical care, 2014, 18: R8.

Chen, Q-H, et al.

http://ccforum.com/content/pdf/cc13185.pdf

Glutamine supplementation is supposed to reduce mortality, nosocomial infections and length 
of hospital stay in critically ill patients. However, the recently published reducing deaths due 
to oxidative stress (REDOX) trials did not provide evidence supporting this. This study 
investigated the impact of glutamine-supplemented nutrition on the outcomes of critically ill 
patients using a meta-analysis. 

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