P090 Evaluation of High Dose Glutamine as Supplemental Enteral Nutrition in Cardiovascualr Surgery Patients

Enteral glutamine supplementation in surgical patients with head and neck malignancy: A randomized controlled trial

“…This shows that patients supplemented with glutamine had improved serum albumin postoperatively compared to nonsupplemented patients who experience a depleted protein pool as a catabolic response postsurgery. This result correlates well with other studies by Miyazawa et al and May et al…”

“…Serum albumin has been used as an objective measurement of a patient's protein pool. It was used by many other researchers of varying intervals of days to weeks . In our study, we used serum albumin measurement using standard methods.…”

“…There were no similar studies comparing quality of life outcomes in glutamine supplemented patients. Clinical studies by Miyazawa et al, May et al, and Ziegler et al concentrated only on nutritional status parameters, such as serum albumin and fat‐free mass. Our study was the first to demonstrate significant improvement in both nutritional status parameters and quality of life parameters in glutamine supplemented patients.…”

“…They concluded that glutamine supplementation in patients with cancer may reverse cancer cachexia by virtue of preventing loss of body mass. Other studies conducted in the effect of glutamine to patient's nutritional status are limited to biochemical studies of very short duration …”

“…Other studies conducted in the effect of glutamine to patient's nutritional status are limited to biochemical studies of very short duration. 12,13 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of glutamine supplementation in patients undergoing head and neck surgery in the aspects of nutritional status and quality of life scores. This study will compare the distribution of fat-free mass, serum albumin, and quality of life scores between patients who did not receive and patients who received Glutamine Plus (Fresenius Kabi, Bad Homburg, Germany) supplementation.…”