Journal article
The effect of obesity on adverse outcomes and metabolism in pediatric burn patients
Abstract
HYPOTHESIS:Obesity influences metabolism and increases the incidence of clinical complications and worsens outcomes in pediatric burn patients.DESIGN:Retrospective, single-center study.SUBJECTS:In all, 592 severely burned pediatric patients who had burns covering more than 30% of the total body surface area and who were treated between 2001 and 2008 were enrolled in this study. Patients were divided into ⩾85th percentile (n=277) and normal …
Authors
Kraft R; Herndon DN; Williams FN; Al-Mousawi AM; Finnerty CC; Jeschke MG
Journal
International Journal of Obesity, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 485–490
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2012
DOI
10.1038/ijo.2011.224
ISSN
0307-0565