... partially, in sepsis. We can conclude that an increase in insulinaemia in sepsis further increases glucose utilization.Glucose oxidation and storage In some human studies glucose oxidation was unaffected ... Mendez B, Istfan AW: Effects of systemicinfusions of endotoxin, tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 on glucose metabolism in the rat: relationship to endog-enous glucose production and peripheral ... specifically, theincrease in EE was lower in septic patients in step 1 and in step 2. The RQ findings are presented in Table 8. RQincreased in both groups, and the increases were statisticallysignificant,...