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Influence of Stress on the Endocrine System and Nutritional Support in Surgical Patients

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Hormones and Nutrition in Obesity and Cachexia

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During the past 20 years, the problems of posttraumatic metabolism and artificial nutrition support have met with increasing interest since the advances in surgery, anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine have made possible surgical interventions which require prolonged postoperative artificial nutrition, e.g. major tumour surgery of the abdomen or of the oro- and hypopharynx.

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    Manfred J. Müller

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Behrendt, W. (1990). Influence of Stress on the Endocrine System and Nutritional Support in Surgical Patients. In: Müller, M.J., Danforth, E., Burger, A.G., Siedentopp, U. (eds) Hormones and Nutrition in Obesity and Cachexia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75037-3_12

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