Introduction Various surgical complications can occur in burn patients resulting from pathologic progression of the burn injury itself or from iatrogenic etiologies. Multiple organ system injuries can exist that require both a thorough assessment and expeditious management according to advanced…
Introduction According to the National Burn Repository, burn injuries are responsible for 40,000 annual hospital admissions, of which one third are pediatric patients. Despite the steady decrease of burn injuries over the past three decades, children continue to represent a…
Introduction The extreme hypermetabolic and hypercatabolic stress responses induced by a severe burn injury are characterized by increased proteolysis, lipolysis, and production of endogenous glucose via glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis. The critical organ controlling these processes is the liver. With major…