| Summary: | A burn is characterized by the damage to one’s body tissues caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, or radiation. The incidence of burn
injuries has recently been decreasing. However, it is a fact that burns constitute a significant problem all over the world, with a few
million people being affected by burns each year. A burn is an extensive trauma that affects the whole organism and determines the
prognosis through its physiopathology. The case of the burn patient is also characterized by the acute phase response. Since burn
patients have a non-functional skin barrier, they experience loss of liquids, minerals, proteins and electrolytes. They can also develop
protein, energy and micro-nutrition deficiencies due to intense catabolic processes, infections and increased bodily needs in case of
wound healing. Therefore, nutritional therapy is one of the major steps that need to be monitored from the initial moments of the
burn injury through to the end of the burn treatment. This study focuses on the significance of nutritional therapy for burn patients
in the light of current literature.
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