[Correction of selenium deficiency in patients with pneumonia].
The estimation of selenium (Se) safety in patients with pneumonia is important for evaluation of antioxidant defense system capacity and the immune status of the patients. The research has been carried out on the serum Se levels in patients with pneumonia at standard treatment and at treatment with the usage of selenium enriched food supplement (Se-spirulina). The results of research have shown that application of additional selenium in amount providing physiological requirement leads to full varnishing its deficiency cases and to restoration in the majority of patients the suboptimum Se level.
Bakulin
I G
IG
Novozhenov
V G
VG
Orlov
A M
AM
Gmoshinskiĭ
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IV
Mazo
V K
VK
D000328:Adult; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005503:Food Additives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy; D012643:Selenium / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005503:Food Additives; D012643:Selenium