Detection of microalbuminuria: a simple test for prognosis in severe burns.
Burns
; 39(4): 723-8, 2013 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-23137626
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of microalbuminuria monitoring in the management of patients with severe burns. METHODS: Consecutive patients admitted to the burn unit with total body surface area burn between 20% and 50% were examined for microalbuminuria during the hospitalisation. The findings were correlated to different clinical variables usually encountered in this patient category. RESULTS: Microalbuminuria was found in patients with inhalation injuries (100%), systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS, 88.4%), burn sepsis (95.1%) and postoperatively (94.9%). CONCLUSION: Microalbuminuria is the only simple, non-invasive, bedside, immediate and cost-effective test to indicate for occurrence of SIRS, if the other variables were stabilised. It can be measured with every urine void or more often when a urinary catheter is inserted. This will affect our management of patients with severe burns.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Quemaduras
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Síndrome de Respuesta Inflamatoria Sistémica
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Albuminuria
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Burns
Asunto de la revista:
TRAUMATOLOGIA
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Arabia Saudita
Pais de publicación:
Países Bajos