Citation

Miller SL. S. Afr. Med. J. 1984; 65(3): 90-91.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, South African Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6695258

Abstract

Head-injury patients studied showed severe wasting immediately after trauma. Nitrogen balance studies were used to determine whether this severe wasting was due to a catabolic state. Patients undergoing elective neurosurgical procedures were used as a control group. The results show that although head-injury patients have a higher protein requirement than the control group, they are not catabolic; their protein requirement is normal.

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