Review
Year in review 2008: Critical Care - metabolism
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Correspondence: Jean-Charles Preiser jean-charles.preiser@chu.ulg.ac.be
Department of General Intensive Care, University Hospital Centre of Liege, Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman B 35, 4000 Liege, Belgium
Critical Care 2009, 13:228 doi:10.1186/cc8024
Published: 21 October 2009Abstract
In 2008, the interest in metabolic and endocrine issues and their consequences in critically ill patients was high. A large proportion of the research papers related to these issues was related to the metabolism of glucose and its control and to the changes in body composition, including muscular weakness. In Critical Care, original reports from investigations of glucose physiology and clinical data from observational and interventional studies were published. Important reports of the effects of hormone analogues, such as vasopressin and hydrocortisone, and early antioxidants in selected subpopulations were also available in 2008.