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Protein requirements, morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients: fundamentals and applications

Recent evidence suggests that a negative protein balance secondary to severe disease is associated with increased morbidity. A loss of total body protein is inevitable in this scenario, even with an aggressive nutritional approach, primarily due to the catabolism of skeletal muscle fibers. The ubiqu...

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Autores principales: da Cunha, Haroldo Falcão Ramos, da Rocha, Eduardo Eiras Moreira, Hissa, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Medicina intensiva 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23887760
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-507X2013000100010