title: Nutrition as medical therapy.
abstract: Recent data support the use of nutritional agents for use as targeted medical therapy. This article reviews some of the pharmacologic roles that parenteral nutritional ingredients (selenium, lipid emulsion, insulin, and levocarnitine) can play in the setting of critical illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University, 19 Foster Street, Worcester, MA 01608, USA. Electronic address: dinesh.yogaratnam@umassmemorial.org.
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yogaratnam
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Department of Pharmacy, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168 Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, UMass Memorial Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
authors.forename: Britney
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, UMass Memorial Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: DiNapoli
mesh_terms: D002331:Carnitine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008055:Lipids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044623:Nutrition Therapy; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D012643:Selenium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D008055:Lipids; D012643:Selenium; D002331:Carnitine
keywords: Insulin; Lipid; Overdose; Selenium; Sepsis; Toxicity; Valproic acid; l-Carnitine