TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - The effect of major thermal injury on plasma ketone body levels
JO  - JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
A1  - Abbott, W. C.
A1  - Schiller, W. R.
A1  - Long, C. L.
A1  - Birkhahn, R. H.
A1  - Blakemore, W. S.
SP  - 153
EP  - 158
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - Eleven patients with more than 30% total body surface burns were studied during 3 days of starvation and three more days of unrestricted feeding following their injury. All patients developed marked protein mobilization as demonstrated by 3rd day urine nitrogen excretion of 17.1 g daily compared to control excretion of 11.8 g N daily. As a group, the patients failed to mount the expected ketonemic response during their initial period of starvation. Whereas normal fasted controls achieved plasma ketone body levels of 727 +/- 81 mumol/liter, the burn patients responded with an average level of 385 +/- 77 mumol/liter (p less than 0.01).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0148-6071
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -