Metabolic Considerations in Management of Surgical Patients

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 467-480

  Blackburn, George L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Metabolic response; Stress response; Surgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CATABOLISM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEMATOCRIT; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; INJURY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT CARE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STRESS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOKINES; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LIVER; METABOLISM; NF-KAPPA B; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79957559262     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.03.001     Document Type: Review

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