Artificial skin reduces nutritional requirements in a severely burned child

Burns

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 501-503

  King, P ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial skin; Enteral nutrition; Massive burns; Nutritional requirements; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0034257049     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00186-2     Document Type: Article

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