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L-glutamineFinding

L-glutamine has no detected effect on hospital length of stay

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×2

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Median length of stay was 32 (23-52) days on glutamine, which was not significantly different from the control value of 35 (25-55) days.”
Quoted verbatim from A double blind, randomised, controlled trial of glutamine supplementation in parenteral nutrition.
This finding among the 33 findings on its endpoint

L-glutamine

Hospital length of stay

no difference found

Who
n = 168 · 168 patients clinically accepted for parenteral nutrition; 20 g glutamine replacing 3.8 g of nitrogen in the feed versus standard feed, minimum 11 g nitrogen/day in all
Dose studied
20 g glutamine per day in parenteral feed, median eight daily feeds

Very limited evidencePMID 10369709 · 1999

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Participants
168
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

Gut
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Y08T65F44N2AYM4HCZVSTA