The Glutamine Debate in Surgery and Critical Care

The Glutamine Debate in Surgery and Critical Care

Three recent meta-analyses have confirmed traditional glutamine (GLN)-supplemented (or "GLN-Complemented" – providing GLN for completeness of amino acid content) TPN is safe, reduces mortality and improves outcome in surgical... read more

A Randomized Trial of Glutamine and Antioxidants in Critically Ill Patients

A Randomized Trial of Glutamine and Antioxidants in Critically Ill Patients

Critically ill patients have considerable oxidative stress. Glutamine and antioxidant supplementation may offer therapeutic benefit, although current data are conflicting. In this blinded 2-by-2 factorial trial, we randomly... read more

Glutamine, fish oil and antioxidants in critical illness

Glutamine, fish oil and antioxidants in critical illness

We hypothesize that the harmful effect of IMHP compared to HP enteral nutrition in a heterogeneous group of critically ill patients is limited to the medical critically ill patients and mediated by an early increase in (epa... read more