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01-08-2007 | Commentary

Selenium supplementation in critically ill patients: can too much of a good thing be a bad thing?

Author: Daren K Heyland

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 4/2007

Abstract

A recent study by Forceville and colleagues evaluated the effect of high-dose selenium administration as a treatment for septic shock. The study was negative and conflicts with existing clinical data regarding selenium administration in critically ill patients. Perhaps the key to understanding the differences between these discrepant observations lies in considering the dose and timing of selenium administration.

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Title: Selenium supplementation in critically ill patients: can too much of a good thing be a bad thing?
Author: Daren K Heyland
Publication date: 01-08-2007
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 4/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc5975

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