The Effect of Glutamine‐Enriched Enteral Nutrition on Intestinal Permeability in Very‐Low‐Birth‐Weight Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

Glutamine-enriched enteral nutrition does not enhance the postnatal decrease in intestinal permeability in VLBW infants. Any beneficial effect of glutamine may involve other aspects of intestinal integrity; for example, modulation of the intestinal inflammatory response.