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Volume 8
Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
Obesity Meeting 2018
August 24-25, 2018
August 24-25, 2018 Singapore
20
th
Global Obesity Meeting
Nutrition therapy for overweight burns patient with hypoalbuminemia
Sentot Handoko and Agussalim Bukhari
Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
Background:
Burns is damage and or loss of tissue due to contact with sources that have very high temperatures. Malnutrition
can lengthen the treatment and wound healing. Nutritional therapy is an important step in the management of burn.
Methods:
A 23-year-old woman was consulted to clinical nutrition department with complaints of being unable to eat by
oral for burns on the entire face and suspected with inhalation trauma. Laboratory tests found albumin 2.8 g/dL, Upper
Arm Circumference (UAC) 33 cm. Overweight nutrient status (115.8%), total energy expenditure 2300 kcal/day, with protein
20-25%, carbohydrate 55-65% and fat 20-30%. Hypoalbuminemia corrected with a protein intake of 2-2.5 g/KgBW/day;
supplemented by vitamin B complex, zinc, vitamin C and vitamin A.
Results:
After 13 days, patient’s nutritional status had been improved the laboratory value. Wound healing becomes better.
Conclusion:
Proper nutrition therapy and supplementation can maintain or improve nutritional status of the patient and
accelerate the healing process of burns.
Biography
Sentot Handoko is a Resident of Clinical Nutrition Department, Medical Faculty of Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia since 2015. He has completed his
graduation as Medical Doctor in 2001 at Medical Faculty of YARSI Jakarta, Indonesia. He has worked at Simpangan Depok Hospital, West Java, Indonesia since
2009 until 2015 and he has been working at Indonesia’s Patent of Contraception Organization since 2013.
senthand@yahoo.co.idSentot Handoko et al., J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C6-073