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[Exploration of the pathogenesis and the management of hypernatremia in burn patients]
Shi-an Yuan1, Xiao-dong Yang, Hong Zhang
1Department of Burns The 159th Hospital of People's Liberation Army. Zhumadian 463000, P.R. China.
Objective:
To explore the pathogenesis and the management of hypernatremia in burn patients.
Methods:
Twenty eight burn patients with hypernatremia were enrolled in the study and were divided into infection and non-infection groups. The pathogenesis, clinical features, biochemical indices in blood, the therapeutic results and the prognosis were compared between the two groups.
Results:
In non-infection group, the hypernatremia was mainly induced by improper fluid resuscitation and occurred on the 3.1 postburn day (PBD), while that in the infected group, on 7.2 PBD. The patients in non-infected group exhibited much more excited and the blood levels of glucose and urea nitrogen (BUN) were obviously decreased when compared with those in the infected group (P < 0.01). The survival rate in non-infected and infected group were 94.12% and 9.09%, respectively.
Conclusion:
The mortality rate of the patients with hypernatremia could be lowered by means of taking optimal measures according to the different patterns of hypernatremia.
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