Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Severe Burn and Trauma Patients

Overview

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the level of mitochondrial dysfunction several patient populations: Burn, trauma, and control group of healthy volunteers. Study hypothesis: Increased plasma concentrations of a newly discovered inflammatory mediated, called mtDNA DAMPS associated with the occurrence of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome in severly injured patients. As the severity of a burn injury or trauma injury increase, so will systemic mitochondrial dysfunction.

Increased plasma concentrations of a newly discovered inflammatory mediated, called mtDNA DAMPS associated with the occurrence of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome in severly injured patients. A normal healthy sub-population will be used as a control.

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