Oral glutamine in addition to parenteral nutrition improves mortality and the healing of high-output intestinal fistulas Glutamina oral en adición a nutrición parenteral mejora la mortalidad y la cicatrización de fístulas intestinales de alto débito

Objective: Anastomotic leakage is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in gastrointestinal surgery. We investigated the effect of oral glutamine on the healing of high-output intestinal fistula. Setting: A tertiary Universitary Hospital of the University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba...

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Main Authors: J. E. de Aguilar-Nascimento, C. Caporossi, D. Borges Dock-Nascimento, I. S. de Arruda, K. Moreno, W. Moreno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arán Ediciones, S. L. 2007-12-01
Series:Nutrición Hospitalaria
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112007000800006