Fever in burnt patient is cause by
Correct Answer: Septicemia
Description: Fever in burn patients Many of the physiological criteria that has been claimed to reflect sepsis are non-infectious manifestations of post injury hypermetabolism Hypehermia (39degC or greater) is occasionally a febrile a response to infection, paicularly in children, but episodic elevation in temperature are common in uninfected burn patients The hypermetabolism phase mediated by greatly increased levels of catecholamines, prostaglandins, glucagon and coisol occurs after the acute phase and also produces pathophysiological changes Burn patients exhibit increased blood flow to organs and tissues, an increased internal core temperature, hypoproteinaemia and edema formation Ref: Sabiston 20th edition Pgno :516
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