Burn Care

Studies from M.L. Izamis and co-researchers in the area of burn care published

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, December 27th, 2009

"The basic metrics of hypermetabolism have not been thoroughly characterized in rat burn injury models. We examined three models expected to differ in sensitivity to burn injury to identify that which group(s) exhibited the most clinically relevant metabolic response," scientists writing in the Journal of Burn Care & Research report.

"Six and 12 weeks old male CD (6 week mCD and 12 week mCD) rats, and 12 weeks old female Fischer (12 week fFI) rats received a 20% total body surface area burn, followed by saline resuscitation. Activity, core body temperature, heart rate (via implanted telemetry devices), body weight, food and water intake, and fecal output were...

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