Effect of Previous High Glutamine Infusion on Inflammatory Mediators and Mortality in an Acute Pancreatitis Model

• Main Authors: Ricardo Garib (Author), Priscila Garla (Author), Raquel S. Torrinhas (Author), Ana I. S. Moretti (Author), Marcel C. C. Machado (Author), Dan L. Waitzberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Parenteral glutamine supplementation in acute inflammatory conditions is controversial. We evaluated the inflammatory and survival responses after parenteral glutamine infusion in sodium taurocholate-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) model. Lewis rats received 1 g/kg parenteral glutamine (n=42), salin...