How to Feed Critically Ill Patients
Nutrition therapy is challenging in critically ill patients. Critical illness is associated with catabolic stress, in which stress hormones and inflammatory mediators are activated, resulting in proteolysis. The goals of nutrition therapy in critically ill patients are to preserve lean body mass, to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Acute Care Surgery
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Acute Care Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jacs.or.kr/upload/pdf/jacs-5-1.pdf |