Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients
Abstract Severe burn causes significant metabolic derangements that make nutritional support uniquely important and challenging for burned patients. Burn injury causes a persistent and prolonged hypermetabolic state and increased catabolism that results in increased muscle wasting and cachexia. Meta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Burns & Trauma |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41038-017-0076-x |