TY - JOUR AU - Rai, Vineya Rai Hakumat AU - Phang, Lee Fern AU - Sia, Sheau Fung AU - Amir, Amirah AU - Veerakumaran, Jeyaganesh S. AU - Kassim, Mustafa Kassim Abdulazez AU - Othman, Rafidah AU - Tah, Pei Chien AU - Loh, Pui San AU - Jailani, Mohamad Irfan Othman AU - Ong, Gracie PY - 2017 DA - 2017/06/15 TI - Effects of immunonutrition on biomarkers in traumatic brain injury patients in Malaysia: a prospective randomized controlled trial JO - BMC Anesthesiology SP - 81 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Head injury is one of the top three diagnosis leading to intensive care unit (ICU) admission in Malaysia. There has been growing interest in using immunonutrition as a mode of modulating the inflammatory response to injury or infection with the aim of improving clinical outcome. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of an immunonutrition on biomarkers (IL-6, glutathione, CRP, total protein and albumin) in traumatic brain injury patients. SN - 1471-2253 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-017-0369-4 DO - 10.1186/s12871-017-0369-4 ID - Rai2017 ER -