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From: Nutrition and metabolism in the rehabilitative phase of recovery in burn children: a review of clinical and research findings in a speciality pediatric burn hospital

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Changes of body composition during health and the acute and rehabilitative phases of burn injury. Body composition and its components are shown during health and the acute and rehabilitative phases of care. LBM = lean body mass; ICW = intracellular water; ECW = extracellular water; ECS = extracellular solid. Throughout these phases, overall lean body mass can go unchanged; alterations in water and protein components however take place.

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Burns & Trauma

ISSN: 2321-3876

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