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Use of Perioperative Glutamine Dipeptide in Parenteral Nutrition in Surgical Hospital Patients with Malnutrition

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Glutamine in Clinical Nutrition

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Undernourishment is one of the most important clinical problems in patients admitted to hospital [1]. Undernourishment per se has several consequences and also increases the complications of the disease requiring admission. It also impairs response to treatment and impairs the immune response, increasing the risk of infection. Besides the morbidity and mortality that result from these sequelae of malnutrition, there are significant economic costs associated with any complications and prolonged admission to hospital [2].

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  1. Mateu Orfila/Department of Pharmacy, Maó-Menorca, Spain

    Gabriel Mercadal-Orfila Pharm D

  2. Department of Pharmacy, Hospital Universitari Bellvitge/Universitat de Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

    Josep Manel Llop Talaverón Pharm D

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Rajkumar Rajendram M.R.C.P., F.R.C.A., F.F.I.C.M.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals, London, United Kingdom

    Rajkumar Rajendram

  2. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

    Victor R. Preedy

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom

    Vinood B. Patel

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Mercadal-Orfila, G., Talaverón, J.M.L., Rajendram, R. (2015). Use of Perioperative Glutamine Dipeptide in Parenteral Nutrition in Surgical Hospital Patients with Malnutrition. In: Rajendram, R., Preedy, V., Patel, V. (eds) Glutamine in Clinical Nutrition. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1932-1_23

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