A descriptive study of skeletal muscle metabolism in critically ill patients: Free amino acids, energy-rich phosphates, protein, nucleic acids, fat, water, and electrolytes

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 575-583

  Gamrin, Lena ^a   Essén, Pia ^a   Forsberg, Ann Marie ^a   Hultman, Eric ^a   Wernerman, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

amino acids; critical illness; electrolytes; energy rich phosphates; glutamine; muscle; protein metabolism; skeletal muscle; water

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FAT; GLUTAMINE; NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACIDS; APACHE; BIOPSY; BODY WATER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DNA; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHATES; RNA;

EID: 0029863077     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199604000-00005     Document Type: Article

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