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Anabolic resistance: a road map to malnutrition

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Whole-body Whole-body Whole-body protein loss<br />

(kg (kg (kg / 2 weeks)<br />

PROTEIN REQUIREMENT IN CRITICAL ILLNESS<br />

AT ADEQUATE ENERGY INTAKE<br />

Wolfe et al., Ann Surg 1983; Ishibashi et al., Crit Care Med 1998<br />

0<br />

-0.5<br />

-1<br />

-1.5<br />

-2<br />

Hoffer Am J Clin Nutr 2003<br />

g protein / kg IBW per day<br />

≈ 0.7 ≈ 1.0 ≈ 1.5 ≈ 2.2

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