"The last decade has seen dramatic evolution in our understanding of the metabolic response to critical illness and its management. This book provides a summary of this work. Senior trainees in critical care or practitioners in high acuity units are an appropriate audience for this book, written by authors from Europe and North America. ... This is a worthy summary of the recent work in metabolic and endocrine response to various insults." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2016)