To evaluate the role of Vitamin C in reducing the resuscitation fluid volume requirement in burned patients

• Main Authors: Bharti Tanwar (Author), Dipan Uppal (Author), Rajinder K Mittal (Author), Sandeep Kaushal (Author), Ramneesh Garg (Author), Sheerin Shah (Author), Sanjeev Uppal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Free radicals released after burn injury lead to vascular endothelial injury and contribute to capillary leakage which in turn leads to burn edema. Antioxidant therapy (Vitamin C), to scavenge these free radicals, is suggested to limit endothelial injury and hence limit capillary leaka...