Significance of obesity on nutritional, immunologic, hormonal, and clinical outcome parameters in burns

Objective The potential additive effect of obesity on selected nutritional, immunologic, hormonal, and clinical outcome parameters was evaluated. Design Fifteen obese patients were randomly matched for age, percentage of burn, percentage of third-degree burn, and inhalation injury to 15 nonobese pat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Dietetic Association 1993-11, Vol.93 (11), p.1261-1268
Hauptverfasser:	Gottschlich, Michele M, Mayes, Theresa, Khoury, Jane C, Warden, Glenn D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute-Phase Proteins - analysis Adolescent Adult Bacteremia - epidemiology Bacteremia - etiology Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Bacterial Infections - etiology Body Composition BRULURE (LESION) Burns - blood Burns - complications Burns - metabolism Burns - therapy Burns and scalds Burns, Inhalation - blood Burns, Inhalation - complications Burns, Inhalation - metabolism Burns, Inhalation - therapy Child Cholesterol - blood Clinical outcomes Creatinine - blood Energy Metabolism ESTADO NUTRICIONAL ETAT NUTRITIONNEL FEMME Glucagon - blood Health aspects HOMBRES HOMME HORMONAS HORMONE Hormones Hospital patients Humans Immunity (Disease) Incidence Length of Stay Medical research Middle Aged Mortality MUJERES Nutrition Obesity Obesity - blood Obesity - complications Obesity - metabolism QUEMADURAS REPONSE IMMUNITAIRE Respiration, Artificial RESPUESTA INMUNOLOGICA Retrospective Studies SOBREPESO SURPOIDS
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective The potential additive effect of obesity on selected nutritional, immunologic, hormonal, and clinical outcome parameters was evaluated. Design Fifteen obese patients were randomly matched for age, percentage of burn, percentage of third-degree burn, and inhalation injury to 15 nonobese patients. Setting Subjects were admitted to Shriners Burns Institute or University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Results The results of this study established a significant relationship between obesity and morbidity. Incidence of infection was greatest in the obese group ( P
ISSN:	0002-8223 2212-2672 1878-3570 2212-2680
DOI:	10.1016/0002-8223(93)91952-M