Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
-
Review Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Glutamine relieves the hypermetabolic response and reduces organ damage in severe burn patients: A multicenter, randomized controlled clinical trial.
Severe burns can cause a hypermetabolic response and organ damage. Glutamine is a conditionally essential amino acid with various pharmacological effects. In this study, whether glutamine could alleviate the hypermetabolic response and maintain organ function after burn injury was analyzed. ⋯ Glutamine moderately alleviates the hypermetabolic response and reduces organ damage after severe burns. Therefore, the early application of glutamine, which is effective and safe, should be used as an active intervention as early as possible.
-
Multicenter Study
The effect of self-inflicted burns on ABSI score prediction power: A four-year prospective multicenter study of the German Burn Registry.
Suicide attempted by self-inflicted burns are associated with lower survival rates compared to accident related burns. ⋯ Patients with SIB have lower survival rates compared to accident patients. Recently proposed modifications of the ABSI score can improve the accuracy of survival rate prediction for SIB.