Published in:
01-03-2020 | Less is More
Do critical care patients hibernate? Theoretical support for less is more
Authors:
Giacomo Stanzani, Robert Tidswell, Mervyn Singer
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Issue 3/2020
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Excerpt
Energy balance is key to life. Organisms are confronted with trade-offs in their use of energy and have evolved mechanisms to cope with states of energy limitation. Given the central role that energy deficits play in critical illness, understanding these adaptations might improve our knowledge of disease, facilitate novel therapeutic strategies, and avoid injurious interventions. …