Effect of glutamine intensified total parenteral nutrition on the postoperative patients with gastrointestinal tract tumour / 临床外科杂志

Objective To investigate the effect of glutamine intensified TPN on nutritional state and immunofunction in the postoperative patients with gastrointestinal tract tumour.Methods 20 patients were divided into two groups including standard TPN group (control group,10 cases) and Glutamine intensified TPN group(study group,10 cases). Period of treatment was 8 days.Immunofunction(IgG,IgM,IgA,C 3,C 4), serum albumin , nitrogen balance were tested.Results (1)The patients serum albumin in the study group was increased significantly as compared with control group (P