Intestinal permeability and systemic infections in critically ill patients: Effect of glutamine*

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Authors

Daurea Abadia De-Souza · Leidsche Rijn Julius Health Centers

Lewis Joel Greene · Leidsche Rijn Julius Health Centers

Abstract

Glutamine administration improves the prognosis of critically ill patients presumably by maintaining the physiologic intestinal barrier and by reducing the frequency of infections.

Topics & Keywords

Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Diet and metabolism studies Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Critical Care Medicine

Volume 33, Issue 5, pp. 1125-1135

DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000162680.52397.97

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