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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |