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Premorbid obesity, but not nutrition, prevents critical illness‐induced muscle wasting and weakness

BACKGROUND: The ‘obesity paradox’ of critical illness refers to better survival with a higher body mass index. We hypothesized that fat mobilized from excess adipose tissue during critical illness provides energy more efficiently than exogenous macronutrients and could prevent lean tissue wasting. M...

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Autores principales: Goossens, Chloë, Marques, Mirna Bastos, Derde, Sarah, Vander Perre, Sarah, Dufour, Thomas, Thiessen, Steven E., Güiza, Fabian, Janssens, Thomas, Hermans, Greet, Vanhorebeek, Ilse, De Bock, Katrien, Van den Berghe, Greet, Langouche, Lies
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5326828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27897405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12131