Objective To provide an update to “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012”. Design A consensus committee of 55 international …

Objective: To provide an update to the “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for
Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock,” last published in 2008. Design: A …

Stress hyperglycemia (SH) commonly occurs during critical illness in children. The historical
view that SH is beneficial has been questioned in light of evidence that demonstrates the …

Abnormalities in glucose metabolism and stress hyperglycemia (SH) are commonly seen in
critically ill children. While SH may represent an adaptive stress response as a source of fuel …

OBJECTIVE Hyperglycemia may increase mortality in patients who receive total parenteral
nutrition (TPN). However, this has not been well studied in noncritically ill patients (ie …

Introduction Glutamine supplementation is supposed to reduce mortality and nosocomial
infections in critically ill patients. However, the recently published reducing deaths due to …

Purpose To evaluate the effect of the intravenous (iv) l-alanyl-l-glutamine dipeptide
supplementation during 5 days on clinical outcome in trauma patients admitted to the …

Background—Skeletal muscle dysfunction and exercise intolerance are clinical hallmarks of
patients with heart failure. These have been linked to a progressive catabolic state, skeletal …

Critically ill patients depend on artificial nutrition for the maintenance of their metabolic
functions and lean body mass, as well as for limiting underfeeding-related complications …

La sepsis es un trastorno orgánico potencialmente mortal provocado por una respuesta
desregulada del huésped a la infección (1–3). La sepsis y el choque septicémico son …