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The Stress Response of Critical Illness: Metabolic and Hormonal Aspects

This book demonstrates how the latest insights into the physiopathology of the stress response can be integrated into clinical practice. The topic is particularly relevant since the metabolic changes triggered by acute stress, including adaptive responses such as resistance to anabolic signals, have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Preiser, Jean-Charles (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Metabolic changes
  • Successive phases
  • Bioenergetics of the stress response
  • Hibernation and mitochondrial adaptation
  • Resistance to anabolic signals
  • Use of lipids as energy substrates
  • Use of carbohydrates
  • Stress hyperglycemia
  • Protein metabolism
  • Micronutrients
  • Part 2: Hormonal regulation
  • Hypothalamic-pituitary axis
  • Thyroid
  • Adrenal
  • Sex hormones
  • Enterohormones
  • Adipokines
  • Part 3: Particular clinical situations
  • Severe undernutrition
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Sepsis and MOF
  • Morbid obesity
  • Burn injury.