Early Manipulation of Metabolic Changes due to Severe Burns in Children

Burns account for around 700,000 emergency department visits every year resulting in around 50,000 admissions to hospital in the United States [1]. Around 50% of these admissions have burns of less than 10% total body surface area (TBSA) and, as such, have near normal metabolic rates. For the remainder, the rise in metabolic rate is linked to burn size and for those with severe thermal injuries (>40% TBSA) the change in patient metabolism is, …