Resting Energy Expenditure in Patients with Thermal Injuries

摘要

Resting energy expenditures (REE) were measured using indirect calorimetrictechniques in 62 patients with burn injuries admitted during 1987 to 1989 and compared with similar measurements mde during 1972 to 1973. Energy requirements were related to burn size in both populations, but were greater in the earlier population. In the present study, data from some patients were obtained using a canopy system and from others during mechanical ventilation and were analyzed separately. The regression of REE on burn size was linear for the canopy measurements and for the ventilator measurements . REE data were corrected for the expected basal metabolic rate (BMR) for each patient, with appropriate adjustment for age and sex.