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Metabolism and nutrition in the thermally injured patient
1Cornell University Medical Center, New York, New York.
Critical Care Clinics
|March 1, 1985
Abstract:
Following severe thermal injury, the metabolic rate increases to a level often exceeding twice that of the uninjured individual. This hypermetabolic response necessitates a corresponding increase in nutritional support, which must be maintained until the wound has closed and fully matured. Nutrient composition and administration techniques are determined by the patient's ongoing physiologic response to injury.