Open AccessA Serial Study of the Erythropoietic Response to Thermal Injury
Author(s) -
Edwin A. Deitch,
Kevin Sittig
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199303000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , erythropoietin , anemia , transferrin saturation , ferritin , hemoglobin , erythropoiesis , reticulocyte , iron deficiency , burn injury , gastroenterology , endocrinology , surgery , biochemistry , biology , messenger rna , gene
Since controversy exists over whether erythropoietin levels are increased or decreased after thermal injury, a prospective study was performed to answer this question as well as to characterize the erythropoietic response to thermal injury.