Parenteral omega-3 fatty acids: pouring oil on troubled waters?

A meta-analysis of parenteral fish oil in 23 studies in intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU patients reported a reduced infection rate (significant in ICU patients) and shorter lengths of ICU and hospital stays (both non-ICU and ICU patients). Parenteral fish oil reduced inflammation and improved...

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Autor principal: Calder, Philip C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23146333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11848
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description A meta-analysis of parenteral fish oil in 23 studies in intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU patients reported a reduced infection rate (significant in ICU patients) and shorter lengths of ICU and hospital stays (both non-ICU and ICU patients). Parenteral fish oil reduced inflammation and improved oxygenation index and liver function. The findings of the meta-analysis are discussed in this report.
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spelling pubmed-36725872013-11-12 Parenteral omega-3 fatty acids: pouring oil on troubled waters? Calder, Philip C Crit Care Commentary A meta-analysis of parenteral fish oil in 23 studies in intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU patients reported a reduced infection rate (significant in ICU patients) and shorter lengths of ICU and hospital stays (both non-ICU and ICU patients). Parenteral fish oil reduced inflammation and improved oxygenation index and liver function. The findings of the meta-analysis are discussed in this report. BioMed Central 2012 2012-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3672587/ /pubmed/23146333 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11848 Text en Copyright ©2012 BioMed Central Ltd
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Parenteral omega-3 fatty acids: pouring oil on troubled waters?
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title_full Parenteral omega-3 fatty acids: pouring oil on troubled waters?
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title_full_unstemmed Parenteral omega-3 fatty acids: pouring oil on troubled waters?
title_short Parenteral omega-3 fatty acids: pouring oil on troubled waters?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672587/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11848
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