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The use of an oral mixture of arginine, glutamine and β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate (hmb) for the treatment of high grade pressure ulcers: a randomized study

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Miu, Doris Ka Ying, Lo, Kwok Man, Lam, Eric Kai Yin, Lam, Pui Shan·2021·Aging Medicine and Healthcare
DOI 10.33879/amh.123.2020.04012
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  • In polymorbid medical inpatients with pressure ulcers, specific amino-acids (arginine and glutamine) and bHMB can be added to oral/enteral feeds to accelerate the healing of pressure ulcers.

    “In polymorbid medical inpatients with pressure ulcers, specific amino-acids (arginine and glutamine) and bHMB can be added to oral/enteral feeds to accelerate the healing of pressure ulcers.”

    From ESPEN guideline on nutritional support for polymorbid medical inpatients (2023) · cites this paper as [101]

    The indexed copy shows the article title, which identifies an oral arginine, glutamine and HMB mixture for treating high-grade pressure ulcers, but it does not expose the study text or results. Searches for accelerated healing, oral or enteral feeds, and the inpatient population returned only webpage material, so the claimed effect and setting cannot be checked against our copy. (LLM, conf=0.73)

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  • ESPEN guideline on nutritional support for polymorbid medical inpatients

    Wunderle, C., Gomes, F., Schuetz, P., Stumpf, F., Austin, P., Ballesteros-Pomar, M. D., Cederholm, T., Fletcher, J., Laviano, A., Norman, K., et al. (2023) · Clinical Nutrition · doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2023.06.023 · Cited by 105 · see citing works

    “…from Hong Kong, 87 polymorbid malnourished older adults with pressure ulcers were randomized to receive or not the same mix of arginine/glutamine/ b HMB for four weeks, besides an adapted nutritional support (at least 30 kcal and 1.2 g protein/kg body weight/day) [101], ( level of evidence 1 þ ).”
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Authors
Miu, D. K. Y., Lo, K. M., Lam, E. K. Y., & Lam, P. S.
ORCID
Venue
Aging Medicine and Healthcare
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2021-09-30
Volume
12
Issue
3
Pages
82-89
ISSN
2663-8851 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.33879/amh.123.2020.04012
OpenAlex
W3201852690
Cited by
8
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2
FWCI
2.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
Aging Medicine and Healthcare (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
Keywords
pressure ulcers, L-arginine, glutamine, beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate, oral supplementation, nutritional therapy, wound healing, elderly patients

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