Beneficial Effects of Aggressive Protein Feeding in Severely Burned Children
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 192 (4), 505-517
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-198010000-00009
Abstract
To determine any potential benefit of feeding increased amounts of protein to hypermetabolic burned patients, 18 children with burns averaging 60% total surface area were randomized into two matched groups and studied serially for at least six weeks: the first group was given a normal diet with a balanced nutritional supplement, and the second group was supplemented with milk whey protein. The normal protein group received 87.1% of their desired caloric intake with 16.5% of calories from protein compared to 77.7% of desired caloric intake with 23.0% of calories from protein for the high protein group. Despite a higher caloric intake, the normal protein group had a worse opsonic index compared to the high protein group (0.42 ± 0.04 vs. 0.62 ± 0.05, pKeywords
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