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Energy Requirements of the Critically Ill

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Part of the book series: Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((UICM,volume 1))

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The correlation between morbidity and deficiency in energy supply is today well established. A spectacular example of the importance of energy and nitrogen supply are the results obtained in comparative study done on enterocutaneous fistulae in which the mortality dropped considerably when patients were correctly fed with calories and proteins.

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  1. S. Bursztein
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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    J. L. Vincent

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Bursztein, S. (1986). Energy Requirements of the Critically Ill. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) 6th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82801-0_54

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