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See Latest ArticlesZinc Supplementation in Critically Ill Patients: A Key Pharmaconutrient
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 12/03/08
Heyland DK et al. - The inadequate evidence to recommend the routine use of high-dose zinc supplementation in the critically ill. A first step would be to determine the optimal dose that has a maximal positive effect on underlying inflammatory, immunologic, and metabolic processes yet is safe and tolerated by critically ill patients. Subsequently, large, rigorously designed, randomized trials are required to elucidate the efficacy of such doses of zinc supplementation in this patient population.
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