Objective: To seek a new method for the categorization of burn severity.
Methods: Burn patients hospitalized in our center from December of 1958 to December of 2004 were enrolled in the study, and they were divided into different age groups according to same mortality, then the patients in each group were subdivided into 4 groups according to the burn severity: i.e.
Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi
February 2004
Objective: To explore the pathogenesis and the management of hypernatremia in burn patients.
Methods: Twenty eight burn patients with hypernatremia were enrolled in the study and were divided into infection and non-infection groups. The pathogenesis, clinical features, biochemical indices in blood, the therapeutic results and the prognosis were compared between the two groups.