Metabolism and artificial nutrition in the critically ill
[Book]
G. Guarnieri, F. Iscra (eds.)
Milano ; Berlin
Springer
1999
XIV, 237 s. : illustrations
Topics in anaesthesia and critical care
Basics and methods.- 1 - Substrate metabolism in critical illness.- 2 - Measurement of the body composition.- 3 - Energy and ATP: Costs and benefits.- 4 - Indirect calorimetry in the critically ill: Theoretical aspects and practical problems.- Local and systemic effects on metabolism.- 5 - Hormonal response of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in injury.- 6 - Sympathetic nervous system and metabolism.- 7 - Regional and systemic metabolic effects after surgical injury.- 8 - What about metabolism and the glutathione system?.- 9 - Carbohydrate and insulin activity in critically ill patients.- 10 - Muscle catabolism, amino acid flux and protein turnover in injury.- Tpn vs ent nutrition - cost and benefits.- 11 - Total parenteral nutrition vs total enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: Costs and benefits.- New strategies on metabolism and nutrition.- 12 - Hormone and growth factors in intensive care patients: Anabolic strategy or utopia?.- 13 - Which metabolic strategies in the early phase of injury?.- 14 - Effects of artificial nutrition on the immune system cells.- 15 - Selective antioxidants and early artificial nutrition as prevention of multiple organ failure.- 16 - Pharmacological nutrition in ICU patients.- Nutrition - steps for the future.- 17 - Metabolism and nutrition in the critically ill: Steps for the future.- Gut and nutrition.- 18 - The gut in healthy conditions.- 19 - The gut in local and systemic disease.- 20 - Bacterial translocation.- 21 - Gut and nutrients.- Old dilemma or new strategies.- 22 - Parenteral vs enteral nutrition.- Main symbols.