[Changes in the protein and energy metabolism and their correction in patients with circulatory insufficiency]

Chronic hypoxia arising in cases of circulatory insufficiency brings on changes in all kinds of metabolism, including that of energy and protein. Patients suffering from circulatory insufficiency should be treated with due regard for metabolic shifts occurring in cases of cardiac incompetence. A total of 180 patients with circulatory insufficiency of the I-IIIstage were examined by employing up-to-date methods in studying the state of the energy, carbohydrate, protein, amino acids metabolism and the hepatic function. The patients underwent medication with drugs influencing the metabolic processes and with combinations of such drugs and the clinical effect of such a type of the treatment is assessed.