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Title : Nutritional status and physiological outcomes among patients with burn injury
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Abstract
Background: Burn is a global health disaster with overwhelming pathophysiological effects which causes reduced immunity and poor healing. Optimum nutrition is key factor in maintaining all healing phases. However, nutritional support post-burn is sophisticated matter therefore, it is important that nurses assess caloric caioric requirements to avoid malnutrition which causes negative outcones as infections, delayed healing, and prolonged hospital stay. Aim: To assess the relationship between nutritional status and physiological outcomes among patients with burn injury. Design: A descriptive correlational study conducted over 10 months. Sample: 70 purposive patients were included. Tools: Nutritional status assessed by 24hrs dietary recall, anthropometric measurements, wound ststus by DWAT. Results: 62.9% were male, 61.4% married, 67.1% from rurak area, 91.4% had severe injury, 83.7% had second and third degrees, theremal injury 78.6%. Food intake in 1st reading was below need 57.1%, 14.3%, 25.7%, 67.1% for protein, carb, fat, calories respectively