Positive nitrogen balance in burn patients.
Two case-histories of patients with full thickness burns covering 60 and 70% of their bodies are presented. In spite of the obligatory increase in the metabolic rate, both patients had a positive nitrogen balance from the very beginning, maintained exclusively by peroral nutrition.
D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D004044:Dietary Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D009584:Nitrogen