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L-glutamine decreases hospital length of stay

lowersVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×3

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Glutamine supplementation was also associated with a lower rate of infectious complications (RR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.64-1.00) and a shorter hospital stay (-2.6 days; 95% CI, -4.5 to -0.7).”
Quoted verbatim from Glutamine supplementation in serious illness: a systematic review of the evidence.
This finding among the 33 findings on its endpoint

L-glutamine

Hospital length of stay

lowers

Effect as reported

−2.6mean difference

CI −4.5 to −0.7

Who
surgical and critically ill adult patients (pooled meta-analysis of 14 randomised trials, various glutamine doses and routes)
Dose studied
not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 12352035 · 2002

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Critical care medicine
What else it reported2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M38TYPS3VGMGA0Q3HN7TC4BK