title: Ornithine oxoglutarate therapy improves nutrition status.
abstract: Ornithine oxoglutarate (OGO) has been previously demonstrated to improve nutrition status in burn and trauma patients. Recently, OGO supplementation was shown to improve nutrition status, ameliorate quality of life, and reduce health care costs when given to elderly patients soon after discharge from the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Division of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Varanasi
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Saltzman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009952:Ornithine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: C002118:ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate; D009952:Ornithine