Metabolic Support of the Critically Ill Patient (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)

Nutritional support of critically ill patients is a major treatment modality which will enhance recovery and shorten convalescence. New knowledge has emphasized that much of the organ dysfunction associated with sepsis and altered blood flow is related to oxidative injury. Specific nutrients are highly effective in counteracting these effects and their early administration may attenuate cellular damage and multi-organ failure. Patient outcome may also be enhanced by the route of feeding, administration of newer nutrient combinations, utilization of evolving methods of monitoring and the use of growth factors. This new knowledge has evolved to a new area of metabolic support which is addressed for the first time by a group of international experts. The topics presented and general conclusions are of major importance to the practitioners in this field, for they show, for the first time, a departure from the more traditional approaches of nutritional support in patients with life-threatening diseases.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 17
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1993
Editors:	Douglas W. Wilmore • Yvon A. Carpentier
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	441
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-85013-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > General Books > Medicine > Surgery > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Accident & emergency medicine > Intensive care medicine
LSN:	3-642-85013-8
Barcode:	9783642850134

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