The goal of nutrition support is to provide the substrates required to match the bioenergetic
needs of the patient and promote the net synthesis of macromolecules required for the …

Following its predecessor, the second edition of Amino Acids: Biochemistry and Nutrition
presents exhaustive coverage of amino acids in the nutrition, metabolism and health of …

Novel tracer and computational approaches have been developed to simultaneously
measure postabsorptive kinetics of multiple amino acids that can be used in critical illness …

Purpose Muscle wasting deteriorates life quality after critical illness and increases mortality.
Wasting starts upon admission to intensive care unit (ICU). We aimed to determine whether …

Background & aims Sex differences in muscle function and mass, dyspnea, and clinical
outcomes have been observed in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease …

Amino acid (AA) metabolism is severely disturbed in critically ill ICU patients. To be able to
make a more scientifically based decision on the type of protein or AA nutrition to deliver in …

Background The trajectory from healthy to critical illness is influenced by numerous factors,
including metabolism, which differs substantially between males and females. Whole body …

Adequate understanding of protein absorption and kinetics during critical illness will help the
design of better interventional studies in the future. Because of the complexity of measuring …

Background & aims Postabsorptive whole body protein kinetics are related to age, gender,
body mass index (BMI), and habitual protein intake level. It is unclear how protein synthesis …

Background Production rates of the short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) acetate, propionate, and
butyrate, which are beneficial metabolites of the intestinal microbiota, are difficult to measure …