List of Contributors; Preface: Singer, P.; Requirements, Routes of Administration and Prescription; From Mitochondrial Disturbances to Energy Requirements: Singer, P.; Protein Metabolism and Requirements: Biolo, G.; How to Choose the Route: Grecu, I.; How to Prescribe Nutritional Support Using Computers: Berger, M.M.; Oral Feeding: Alvarez-Falcon, A.; Ruiz-Santana, S.; Enteral Nutrition: Anbar, R.; Parenteral Nutrition: Thibault, R.; Pichard, C.; How Can Nutrition Interfere with Outcome?; Can Nutrition Support Interfere with Recovery from Acute Critical Illness? Schulman, R.C.; Mechanick, J.I.; Glucose Control: Preiser, J.-C.; Glutamine: Kim, M.; Wischmeyer, P.E.; Leucine and Citrulline: Two Major Regulators of Protein Turnover: Cynober, L.; de Bandt, J.-P.; Moinard, C.; Organ-Targeted Nutrition; The Surgical/Trauma Patient: Weimann, A.; Nutrition and Sepsis: Cohen, J.; Chin, W.D.N.; The Renal Failure Patient: Druml, W.; n-3 Fatty Acids and [gamma]-Linolenic Acid Supplementation in the Nutritional Support of Ventilated Patients with Acute Lung Injury or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Lev, S.; Singer, P.; Obesity: Frankenfield, D.C.; Nutritional Imbalances during Extracorporeal Life Support: Kagan, I.; Singer, P.; Nutrition in Pancreatitis: McClave, S.A.; Which Nutritional Regimen for the Comorbid Complex Intensive Care Unit Patient? Singer, P.; Weinberger, H.; Tadmor, B.; Nutrition Support for Wound Healing in the Intensive Care Unit Patient: Theilla, M.