The Effect of High Dose Vitamin C in Burn Patients

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2008-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if intravenous Vitamin C will decrease the amount of IV fluids needed following burn injury in the first 48 hours.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: United States Army Institute of Surgical Research
• Collaborator: University of Miami
• Treatments: Ascorbic Acid; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• >/= 20% total body surface area full and partial thickness burns

• Admitted to the USAISR burn center within 10 hours post injury

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breast feeding

• Documented preadmission or admission renal failure

• History of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, kidney stoves, gout or sickle cell

• Electrical injury

• Renal replacement of any kind<24 hours after admission