Glutamine, the most abundant free amino acid in the human body, is a major substrate
utilized by intestinal cells. The roles of glutamine in intestinal physiology and management …

Under stress conditions, the metabolic demand for nutrients increases, which, if not met, may
slow down or indeed stop the wound from healing, thus, becoming chronic wounds. This …

Following the new ESPEN Standard Operating Procedures, the previous guidelines to
provide best medical nutritional therapy to critically ill patients have been updated. These …

Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically
Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and …

Dr. Taylor disclosed serving as an ASPEN committee member and DNS past chair. Dr.
McClave disclosed other relationships with Nestle (consulting), Abbott (Speaker) …

Objective: To provide an update to the “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for
Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock,” last published in 2008. Design: A …

Background Critically ill patients have considerable oxidative stress. Glutamine and
antioxidant supplementation may offer therapeutic benefit, although current data are …

Background Controversy exists about the timing of the initiation of parenteral nutrition in
critically ill adults in whom caloric targets cannot be met by enteral nutrition alone. Methods …

Critical illness polyneuropathies (CIP) and myopathies (CIM) are common complications of
critical illness. Several weakness syndromes are summarized under the term intensive care …

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