Critical illnesses, including sepsis, cancer cachexia, and burn injury, invoke a milieu of
systemic metabolic and inflammatory derangements that ultimately results in increased …

Importance Increasing evidence indicates that acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs frequently in
children and young adults and is associated with poor short-term and long-term outcomes …

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Adequate understanding of protein absorption and kinetics during critical illness will help the
design of better interventional studies in the future. Because of the complexity of measuring …

BACKGROUND There is a lack of consensus regarding the optimal nutritional support for
trauma patients. We hypothesize that early postinjury metabolic support focusing on …

Methods: The rat burn model with 30% total body surface area and L6 cell line were used in
this study. An immunofluorescence assay was used to detect autophagic levels. MicroRNA …

Background In the past decade, there have been substantial advances in our understanding
of pediatric AKI. Despite this progress, large gaps remain in our understanding of …

Introduction An area of rehabilitation research in burns is the impact of co-morbidities on
disease trajectory. Obesity is a comorbidity of increasing public health concern, but its role …

Objective Increased body weight has been associated with reduced muscle wasting in the
early catabolic phase after a severe burn. Yet, overweight and obese non-burn children …

Background Dehydration and malnutrition are common in infants with severe epidermolysis
bullosa (EB), but their nutritional needs have been poorly studied. Objectives The principal …