Citation

Analan PD, Leblebici B, Adam M, Sarıtürk Ç. West Indian Med. J. 2016; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University Adana Research and Education Center, Adana, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, University of The West Indies)

DOI

10.7727/wimj.2015.362

PMID

27617841

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article was to examine post-burn bone loss and determine whether it was local or diffuse.

METHODS: Thirty-six patients with burn injuries were investigated, and the total body surface area of the burns and their locations were recorded. The bone mineral densities of the lumbar 1-4 vertebrae, bilateral distal forearm, and bilateral proximal femur in the patients were recorded and these were compared with the measurements of the non-burned extremity.

RESULTS: No significant correlations existed between the total body surface area of the burns, their severity and the z-scores. In addition, when comparing the z-scores of the burned extremity with the non-burned extremity, no statistically significant difference was found (p RESULTS: > RESULTS: 0.05).

CONCLUSION: In this study, a remarkable decrease in bone mass occurred during the second month following the burn injuries. The post-burn bone loss could not be correlated with the severity of the burns, but these injuries caused systemic bone loss.

Language: en