(PDF) The Stress Response of Critical Illness by Jean-Charles Preiser

This is the PDF eBook version for The Stress Response of Critical Illness – Metabolic and Hormonal Aspects by Jean-Charles Preiser

Table of Contents

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.