Modulation of the Hypermetabolic Response to Trauma: Temperature, Nutrition, and Drugs

Presented as the IS Ravdin Lecture in the Basic Sciences at the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress, San Francisco, CA, October 2008.

Received 12 January 2009; accepted 14 January 2009.

Abbreviations and Acronyms: IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1, IGFBP-3, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3, IL, interleukin, rhGH, recombinant human growth hormone, TBSA, total body surface area

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Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, and the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Galveston, TX

Correspondence address: David N Herndon, MD, FACS, Shriners Hospitals for Children, 815 Market St, Galveston, TX 77550

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Supported by Shriners Hospital Center grant nos. 8660, 8490, 8640, 8760, and 9145, NIH training grant no. 2T32GM0825611, NIH center grant no. 1P50GM60338-01, NIH grant no. 5RO1GM56687-03, NIH R01-GM56687, NIH grant no. R01-HD049471, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDDR) grant no. H133A020102, NIDDR grant no. H133A70019, National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant no. U54/GM62119, American Surgical Association Foundation Grant (MJ).

PII: S1072-7515(09)00042-8

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.022

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