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Nienaber A, Dolman RC, van Graan AE, Blaauw R. (2015) Prevalence of glutamine deficiency in ICU patients: A cross-sectional analytical study. Nutrition Journal. 2015;15(1):1-9. doi:10.1186/s12937-016-0188-3
Nienaber A, Dolman RC, van Graan AE, Blaauw R. (2015)
This article is meant to be used in the a annotated bibilography, which attchtes to the following scenerio: You are currently a dietitian working in a large tertiary care center adult ICU. Your attending physician attended a conference recently where her colleagues were talking about parenteral supplementation of glutamine in the ICU environment. She said that there were a variety of pros and cons discussed, so she is asking you to compile some of the current evidence so that the team can make a decision about how to optimize outcomes for your patients. Specific outcomes should include differences in hospital mortality, overall pt outcomes, infectious complications, and ICU and hospital LOS.
Important information such as how and why glutamine has to do with study and who and what is involved simply how it related to scenario.