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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Assessment of the relation between prealbumin serum level and healing of skin-grafted burn wounds
Burns, Volume 36, No. 4, Year 2010
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Nutritional status is an important factor in graft healing. Prealbumin (transthyretin) is a better nutritional marker than the widely used albumin serum level. Prealbumin serum levels were estimated in an endeavour to correlate them to graft healing and to serve as a predictor of graft healing in burn wounds. Fifty burned patients undergoing graft in the Suez Canal University Hospital Burn Unit were subjected to this cross-sectional study. Prealbumin levels were assessed on preoperative day and on the fourth postoperative day. Graft healing was considered complete when the take was 90% or more of the grafted area. The most significantly correlated factor to graft healing was serum prealbumin. Serum albumin levels were not in significant correlation with graft healing or prealbumin levels. In addition, serum prealbumin levels were significantly higher in the younger age group and significantly lower in patients with chronic diseases. Serum prealbumin level is a sensitive tool in predicting graft take in burned patients when all local conditions are favourable and optimised. Nevertheless, it seems less sensitive in the prediction of graft healing in small raw areas less than 5% of total body surface area (TBSA). © 2009 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI.
Authors & Co-Authors
Moghazy, Amr M.
Egypt, Ismailia
Faculty of Medicine
Adly, Osama A.
Egypt, Ismailia
Faculty of Medicine
Abbas, Ashraf Hussein
Egypt, Ismailia
Faculty of Medicine
Moati, Taha A.
Egypt, Ismailia
Faculty of Medicine
Mohamed, B. A.
Egypt, Ismailia
Faculty of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 39
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.burns.2009.05.014
ISSN:
03054179
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative