Category: Burn management

According to a meta-analysis published in 2018, early enteral nutrition significantly reduces mortality and complications in patients with major burn injuries. This evidence-based practice highlights the major rationale for the early initiation of enteral feedings in the clients with major burns, which focuses on mitigating the severe physiological stress response and its catastrophic effects.

According to the World Health Organization, there are an estimated 265,000 deaths from flame burns alone each year, underscoring the severity of burn injuries and the need for precise medical intervention. Addressing the severe hypermetabolic state induced by burns requires the most accurate method to assess caloric requirements in clients with burns, a task best accomplished through indirect calorimetry.