reported available case data for 37 patients with burn
injury.Mortality and cumulative incidence of pneumonia were reported
as dichotomous end-points, while sepsis score, daily insulin
requirements, and hospital length of stay were reported as continuous
or ordinal end-points. The study authors concluded that
compared to the high-fat group, the high-carbohydrate groups had
a lower 30-day cumulative incidence of pneumonia, and required
less exogenous insulin. Differences in mortality, sepsis score and
length of care did not reach statistical significance.