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Metabolic effects of a D-β-hydroxybutyrate infusion in septic patients

DOI

30

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0

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1994

Year

Michel BEYLOT, D. Chassard, C. Chambrier, M. Guiraud, Michelle ODEON, BERNARD BEAUFRERE, PIERRE BOULETREAU
Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

Exogenous ketone-bodies infusion decreased lipolysis and glucose production in septic patients but had no beneficial effect on protein metabolism, as evaluated with L[1-13C]leucine.