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dc.contributor.authorAl Balushi, Ruqaiya M.
dc.contributor.authorParatz, Jennifer D.
dc.contributor.authorCohen, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorBanks, Merrilyn
dc.contributor.editorR. Rajendram, V.R. Preedy and V.B. Patel
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-26T01:31:08Z
dc.date.available2018-03-26T01:31:08Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.isbn9781493919321
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-1-4939-1932-1_14
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/338482
dc.description.abstractDuring stress conditions such as multiple trauma and critical illness, the demand for glutamine increases and its concentration in plasma and muscle falls dramatically. Therefore, glutamine has been re-classified as an essential amino acid under such catabolic conditions. The role of glutamine supplementation in trauma patients has been extensively studies. Despite the numerous clinical trials that investigated the effect of enteral and parenteral glutamine supplementation in multiple trauma patients, the results are inconclusive. Glutamine supplementation through parenteral route has been associated with reduced infectious complications, mortality, costs and hospital length of stay. However, glutamine supplementation in multiple trauma patients receiving enteral nutrition and its best route are still controversial. Although glutamine supplementation is recommended in multiple trauma patients, large well designed multi-centre trials are required to provide a confirmed conclusion.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer New York
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleGlutamine in Clinical Nutrition
dc.relation.ispartofchapter14
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom181
dc.relation.ispartofpageto194
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320299
dc.titleGlutamine Supplementation in Multiple Trauma Patients
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorParatz, Jenny D.


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