Metabolism and artificial nutrition in the critically ill /

The critically ill patient in intensive care often has to face significant metabolic alterations caused directly by the illness or secondary by complications (i.e. infections, organ failure or sepsis). Situations of rapidly evolving altered metabolism are maintained by or can trigger complex hormona...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Guarnieri, G. (Gianfranco), 1941-, Iscra, F. (Fulvio), 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milano ; New York : Springer, [1999]
Series:Topics in anaesthesia and critical care.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Metabolism Pathophysiology
  • Illness and Metabolism
  • Artificial Nutrition and Metabolism in Critically Ill Patients
  • Educational Course on Enteral Nutrition.