TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Bone loss during the acute stage following burn injury: is it local or systemic?
JO  - West Indian medical journal
A1  - Analan, P. D.
A1  - Leblebici, B.
A1  - Adam, M.
A1  - Sarıtürk, Ç
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article was to examine post-burn bone loss and determine whether it was local or diffuse. <br><br>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. <br><br>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). <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0043-3144
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7727/wimj.2015.362
ID  - ref1
ER  -