«Malnutrition has been recognized as a particularly burdensome and, in some cases, a decisive factor in the outcome of the underlying disease, as it involves disruptions to the body's homeostasis and defense mechanisms, and is accompanied by high rates of morbidity and mortality.
This book aims to present the extent of the problem of malnutrition primarily among hospitalized patients, with the goal of raising awareness among clinicians, nursing staff, dietitians, some laboratory specialists, and generally all those who should become active members of a modern “clinical nutrition team.”
Special emphasis has been placed on understanding the physiology of metabolism and the biochemical and metabolic processes that characterize the metabolic model of starvation and hypermetabolic diseases (neoplasms, trauma, sepsis), as well as the safe stimulation of the anabolic phase and related aspects.
