Quantification and Derivation of Metabolic Needs in Children During Burn Rehabilitation

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Burns

Treatments: Other: calories measured 5x following wound healing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00539019

05-11-17-03-EE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are collecting information on the calorie needs of patients in the first year postburn. The investigators hypothesize that increased energy needs continue for up to a year following wound closure from burn injury.

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >25% burn surface area
• Wounds present as 95% healed
• Admitted to Shriners Hospital Cincinnati within 7 days of injury

Exclusion criteria

• <5years old
• <25% burn injury
• admitted greater than 7 days postburn

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

A, observed

Description:

measure REE via indirect calorimetry at various time points post burn

Treatment:

Other: calories measured 5x following wound healing