Introduction The potential benefit of parenteral glutamine (GLN) supplementation has been
one of the most commonly studied nutritional interventions in the critical care setting. The …

Introduction Glutamine (GLN) has been suggested to have a beneficial influence on
outcomes of critically ill patients. However, recent large-scale trials have suggested harm …

1. Methods Literature Search A systematic literature search was conducted on 27/Dec/2014
including papers published between 2004 and 2014. In total, 150 abstracts were reviewed …

Background Glutamine is a non‐essential amino acid which is abundant in the healthy
human body. There are studies reporting that plasma glutamine levels are reduced in …

Background The efficacy of supplemental enteral glutamine (GLN) in critical illness patients
remains uncertainty. Objective Based on a recently published large-scale randomized …

Background In severe acute pancreatitis (AP), intravenous glutamine has been shown to
reduce the rate of complications, hospital stay, and mortality. In the present randomized trial …

Despite routine use of parenteral nutrition, surprisingly little clinical efficacy data are
available to guide total or specific amino acid dosing in adult and pediatric patients requiring …

Recently, α-ketoglutaric acid (AKG) has gained importance as an antioxidant. Its dietary
supplementation in animals and humans has proved beneficial. Moreover, an extensive …

The search to improve outcomes in critically ill patients through nutrition support has steadily
progressed over the past 4 decades. One current approach to this problem is the addition of …

In early clinical testing, acute addition of alanyl-glutamine (AlaGln) to glucose-based
peritoneal dialysis (PD) fluids restored peritoneal cellular stress responses and leukocyte …