Comparison of the effects of different calorie amounts of enteral nutrition in hypercatabolism associated with ghrelin-POMC in endotoxemic rats

Abstract Background Hypercatabolism often occurs in critically ill patients, and it increases infection rates and mortality in these patients. Enteral nutrition (EN) is commonly used in case of hypercatabolism. However, the effect of amount of calories in EN on hypercatabolism remains unexplored. Ob...

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Main Authors: Jianfeng Duan, Minhua Cheng, Yali Xu, Shaoqiu Tang, Xiaoyao Li, Yan Chen, Huimin Lu, Tao Gao, Wenkui Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-022-00663-7