Nutritional Management of Burn patients: Our Experience
Journal Title: New Indian Journal of Surgery - Year 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: Malnutrition is a common problem encountered by burns patients who were prone for prolonged hospitalisation. ’Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’ (Must) has been used as a screening method for early detection, categorisation and institute the intervention of malnutrition in burns patients. We report our experience over one year period. Methods: Patients admitted to our Burn Unit over the period 2015–2016 who were all screened and intervened by Must score were identified. Their records were retrospectively analysed for demographic factors, Body Mass Index, severity of burn injury, nutritional status, interventions and outcomes. Results: A total of 12 patient's records were analysed. All of them were discharged without any evidence of malnutrition. Conclusion: The sample size in our study is much less. However we have not encountered any nutritional imbalance in these patients at the time of discharge using ’Malnutrition universal Screening Tool’ (Must).
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Elankumar S
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- DOI 10.21088/nijs.0976.4747.10119.16
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