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Total Parenteral Nutrition in Critical Polytrauma Patients. Effects of Essential Aminoacid Distribution.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Sergio I. Magalini
Affiliation:
From the Instituto Anesthesiologia e Rianimazione, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli 8,00168 Roma, Italia.
Rodolfo Proietti
Affiliation:
From the Instituto Anesthesiologia e Rianimazione, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli 8,00168 Roma, Italia.
Giuliano Pelosi
Affiliation:
From the Instituto Anesthesiologia e Rianimazione, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli 8,00168 Roma, Italia.

Extract

Previous work of our group and data from the literature show that in the polytraumatic patient the metabolic status is characterized by a severe and persistent catabolic situation involving carbohydrate, protein, lipid, mineral metabolism and hormonal and chemical mediators. This situation is clinically expressed by the so-called “post stress syndrome.”

Total parenteral nutrition has assumed a major role in the treatment of polytrauma patients and its application has produced a significant modification of the physiopathological evolution and improvement of the clinical outcome.

Type
Part II: Clinical Care Topics
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1985

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