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Table 2 Vitamin and trace element requirements [125]

From: Nutrition and metabolism in burn patients

Age, years

Vitamin A, IU

Vitamin D, IU

Vitamin E, IU

Vitamin C, IU

Vitamin K, mcg

Folate, mcg

Cu, mg

Fe, mg

Se, mcg

Zn, mg

0–13

          

Nonburned

1300–2000

600

6–16

15–50

2–60

65–300

0.2–0.7

0.3–8

15–40

2–8

Burned

2500–5000

  

250–500

 

1000a

0.8–2.8

 

60–140

12.5–25

≥13

          

Nonburned

200–3000

600

23

75–90

75–120

300–400

0.9

8–18

40–60

8–11

Burned

10,000

  

1000

 

1000a

4

 

300–500

25–40

  1. aAdministered three times weekly