The clinical potential of GDF15 as a “ready-to-feed indicator” for critically ill adults

Abstract Background Circulating growth-differentiation factor-15 (GDF15), a cellular stress marker, abruptly increases during critical illness, but its later time course remains unclear. GDF15 physiologically controls oral intake by driving aversive responses to nutrition. Early parenteral nutrition...

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Main Authors: Lisa Van Dyck, Jan Gunst, Michaël P. Casaer, Bram Peeters, Inge Derese, Pieter J. Wouters, Francis de Zegher, Ilse Vanhorebeek, Greet Van den Berghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-020-03254-1