Expedient Splinting of the Burned Patient

Insulin and the burned patient.

Severe burns lead to insulin resistance, which is associated with hyperglycemia and muscle wasting. Investigators showed relatively recently that control of hyperglycemia with intensive insulin treatment is associated with improved outcomes for those in the intensive care unit, including patients with severe burns. In this article, we review the actions of insulin in terms of glycemic control a...

Acute management of the burned patient.

Initial management of the burned patient.

Critical care of the burned patient.

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Urinary peptide excretion in the burned patient.

RONOUNCED CHANGES IN NIThOGEN METABOLISM are known to occur as the result of a serious burn (1-8). Although considerable information is available on these changes, little attention has been given to the quantitative excretion of peptides in the urine of the burned patient. Such an assay has interesting theoretical possibilities. The nitrogenous products in the urine come from ingested food and ...