Cellular metabolic abnormalities are responsible for systems and organ failures, so the modern approach of organ dysfunctions now includes prevention or treatment of such disorders. This book is a comprehensive tool, allowing the physician to understand, diagnose and treat these metabolic disorders.

Water, electrolyte, acid-base, glycemic and endocrinologic problems, as well as metabolic abnormalities observed in renal, cerebral and hepatic failure are presented in different chapters.

In addition to considerable technological developments in ICUs, important advances in our understanding of metabolic disorders observed in critically ill patients have been made during the 10 last years.

Today, the intensivit can’t ignore these disorders when selecting the most appropriate treatment for an illness.

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