Posted: August 16th, 2017

The most important intervention in the nutritional support of a patient with a burn injury is to provide adequate nutrition and calories to:

The most important intervention in the nutritional support of a patient with a burn injury is to provide adequate nutrition and calories to:
a) decrease catabolism.
The most important intervention in the nutritional support of a patient with a burn injury is to provide adequate nutrition and calories to decrease catabolism. Nutritional support with optimized protein intake can decrease the protein losses by approximately 50%.
b) increase metabolic rate.
A marked increase in metabolic rate is seen after a burn injury; interventions are instituted to decrease metabolic rate and catabolism.
c) increase glucose demands.
A marked increase in glucose demands are seen after a burn injury; interventions are instituted to decrease glucose demands and catabolism.
d) increase skeletal muscle breakdown.
Rapid skeletal muscle breakdown with amino acids serving as the energy source is seen after a burn injury; interventions are instituted to decrease catabolism.