The Stress Response of Critical Illness: Metabolic and Hormonal Aspects

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Preiser, Jean-Charles (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Endocrinology.; Metabolic diseases.; Clinical nutrition.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Metabolic Diseases.; General Surgery.; Clinical Nutrition.

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...