Metabolism and septic shock
Lefèvre, G.; Dhainaut, J.F.; Tallet, F.; Raichvarg, D.
Pathologie-Biologie 38(6): 650-655
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-8114 PMID: 2374700 Document Number: 347711
Despite continuous monitoring progress, septic shock remains the main cause of death in Intensive Care Units. Septic stress triggers a complex array of biological modifications resulting in an acquired disease of intermediary metabolism whose main characteristic is an inefficient cellular use of glucidic, lipidic and protidic substrates together with oxygen. The purpose of this review is to present metabolic disturbances observed during sepsis and septic shock.