Understanding the metabolic response to trauma.
The management of the polytrauma patient is still a great challenge and trauma remains the leading cause of death in people under 40 years of age in the developed world (Keel and Trentz, 2005). The pattern of death following injury is classically described as having a trimodal distribution.
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000502:physiology; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000502:physiology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D006728:Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality
D002241:Carbohydrates; D002395:Catecholamines; D006728:Hormones; D011506:Proteins