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The Effect of Selenium Therapy on Mortality in Patients With Sepsis Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials*

Waleed Alhazzani, Judith Jacobi, Anees Sindi, et al. Crit Care Med, 2013, 41:1555-1564

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Selenium is a trace mineral with antioxidant and antiinflammatory effects, and is essential for glutathione, iodine, and thyroid metabolism. Most of it is found as selenoproteins and glutathione peroxidase. Like many things, low selenium levels in critical illness is associated with...


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