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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Volume 18, 1984 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Positive Nitrogen Balance in Burn Patients

M. Thomsen Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit Københavns Kommunes Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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K. I. Sørensen Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit Københavns Kommunes Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 81-85 | Received 11 Nov 1983, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Two case-histories of patients with full thickness burns covering 60 and 70% of their bodies are presented. In spite of the obligatory increase in the metabolic rate, both patients had a positive nitrogen balance from the very beginning, maintained exclusively by peroral nutrition.

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