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Pharmaconutrition Review
Author(s) -
Pierre Joseph F.,
Heneghan Aaron F.,
Lawson Christy M.,
Wischmeyer Paul E.,
Kozar Rosemary A.,
Kudsk Kenneth A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607113493326
Subject(s) - intensive care medicine , critically ill , medicine , parenteral nutrition , glutamine , biology , biochemistry , amino acid
The search to improve outcomes in critically ill patients through nutrition support has steadily progressed over the past 4 decades. One current approach to this problem is the addition of specific nutrients as primary therapy to improve host defenses and improve the outcome of critically ill patients. The field is referred to as “pharmaconutrition,” with the hope of focusing investigations on each nutrient to understand its pharmacological effects on immune and clinical outcomes. The purpose of this review is to describe some of the known physiological mechanisms of pharmaconutrients such as glutamine, arginine, ω‐3 fatty acids, and selenium.