Nutrition in patients with severe burns: state of the art.
Postburn hypermetabolism can lead rapidly to deleterious consequences if adequate nutrition support is not provided. Several predictive formulas are used currently for estimation of the nutrition needs of both adult and pediatric patients with burn injuries. Adequacy of enteral or parenteral or both deliveries of nutrients must be interpreted in light of injury-induced effects on nutrition parameters.
Rodriguez
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Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131-5341, USA.
D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009751:Nutritional Requirements