Initial general management and surgery of six extensively burned children treated with cultured epidermal autografts.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to document the surgical and intensive care methods used in six extensively burned children (EBC), ie, total body surface area (TBSA) burned over 70% or TBSA with deep burns over 60%, treated with cultured epidermal autografts (CEA).

Methods: Six EBC, with a mean age of 7.5 years (range, 2.

[The nutritional immunodeficiency syndrome].

There is a strong relationship between nutritional status and resistance to infection. This relationship must receive attention more especially as human being is young. Newborns and infants have some immunological immaturity in regard to systemic immunity as well as local (particularly intestinal), immune defense.