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Liver Function: Alteration and Insufficiency

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Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care Medicine ((UICMSOFT,volume 34))

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Liver is the major organ in the control of the metabolic and nutritional homeostasis. Indeed, it plays a determinant role in all main macronutrient pathways, i.e. carbohydrates, lipids and proteins [1]. It is also implicated in micronutrient metabolism: vitamins and trace elements. Due to several specific and high metabolic capacities, liver is also involved in the metabolism and excretion of many exogenous compounds or toxic substances. This chapter focuses on a brief review of some of the main features of liver metabolism and on the relationships between liver diseases and nutritional status and support.

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  1. Départernent de Médecine Aigue Spécialisée Unites de Reanimation Médicale et de Nutrition Parentérale, Université Joseph Fourrier, Grenoble, France

    X. M. Leverve

  2. Départernent de Gastroentérologie et Nutrition, CHU Côte-de-Nacre, Caen, France

    M.-A. Piquet

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    Claude Pichard MD, PhD (Head of Clinical Nutrition) (Head of Clinical Nutrition)

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Kenneth A. Kudsk MD (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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Leverve, X.M., Piquet, MA. (2002). Liver Function: Alteration and Insufficiency. In: Pichard, C., Kudsk, K.A. (eds) From Nutrition Support to Pharmacologic Nutrition in the ICU. Update in Intensive Care Medicine, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57119-0_23

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