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Nutrition in Head Trauma
Author(s) -
Konvolinka Carl W.,
Morell Victor O.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/088453369100600611
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , host response , intensive care medicine , head trauma , head injury , head (geology) , energy expenditure , surgery , immunology , immune system , geomorphology , geology
Metabolic alterations play a significant role in the human response to all forms of injury and sepsis. It is therefore logical to be concerned about the impact of these alterations on a patient with an isolated head injury. As it becomes more apparent that head injury alone results in increased energy expenditure as part of the systemic response to that injury, efforts will need to be directed to the support of those requirements and to the assessment of the host response to that effort.