A 67-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus undergoes extensive bowel resection for
mesenteric ischemia. Tube feedings are associated with adverse effects, and central venous …

This article reviews intravenous vitamin C (IV C) in cancer care and offers a rational
approach to enable medical oncologists and integrative practitioners to safely provide IV C …

Glutamine depletion is demonstrated to be an independent predictor of hospital mortality in
ICU (intensive care unit) patients. Today glutamine supplementation is recommended to ICU …

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 …

Circulating levels of vitamin C (ascorbate) are low in patients with sepsis. Parenteral
administration of ascorbate raises plasma and tissue concentrations of the vitamin and may …

Objectives: The effects of vitamin C administration on clinical outcome in critically ill patients
remain controversial. Data Sources: Online databases were searched up to October 1, 2018 …

Background: Vitamin C is a water-soluble antioxidant vitamin. Oxidative stress and its
markers, along with inflammatory markers, are high during critical illness. Due to conflicting …

Background: Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is commonly used to provide
renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit. Limited published data suggest that …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of an early enteral formula
containing whey protein, in comparison to a standard enteral formula containing casein as …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of glutamine dipeptide–supplemented parenteral nutrition
(GLN‐PN) on clinical outcomes in surgical patients. Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of …