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The influence of inhalation injury and pneumonia on burn mortality by SHIRANI, K. Z, PRUITT, B. A. JR, MASON, A. D. JR

“…In order to assess the specific effects of inhalation injury and pneumonia on mortality in burn patients, the records of 1058 patients treated at a single…”
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Thermoregulatory and nonthermoregulatory heat production in burned rat by Strome, D R, Aulick, L H, Mason, Jr, A D, Pruitt, Jr, B A

“…Severely burned patients are hypermetabolic within their thermoneutral zone (TNZ), where there are no thermoregulatory demands on heat production. The rat has…”
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The effect of PGE in multiple experimental models. II. Effect on steady-state levels of plasma and brain amino acids and transmitters by Waymack, J P, Chance, W T, Nelson, J L, Mason, Jr, A D

“…Elevations in prostaglandin E (PGE) have been documented in tumor and trauma patients. The physiologic significance of this elevation is not fully established…”
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Serum melatonin after a single aqueous subcutaneous injection in Syrian hamsters by Vaughan, G M, Mason, Jr, A D, Reiter, R J

“…A single injection of 25 micrograms melatonin was given subcutaneously in 0.1 ml saline either at 3 h into the light phase (morning) in female Syrian hamsters…”
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A new open and closed respiration chamber by Aulick, L H, Arnhold, H, Hander, E H, Mason, Jr, A D

“…A new, fully automated, open and closed respiration chamber has been constructed, which is large enough to accommodate man or comparable sized animals…”
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Hormonal changes in burned hamsters by Vaughan, G M, Shirani, K Z, Vaughan, M K, Pruitt, Jr, B A, Mason, Jr, A D

“…Burned male Syrian hamsters (burn size 23% of body surface) exhibited reduced total (T4) and free (FT4) serum concentrations, a defect in T4 binding to serum…”
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Upper airway sequelae in burn patients requiring endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy by LUND, T, GOODWIN, C. W, MCMANUS, W. F, SHIRANI, K. Z, STALLINGS, R. J, MASON, A. D. JR, PRUITT, B. A. JR

“…During a period of 11 1/2 months, 41 of 217 adult burn patients admitted to the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center required endotracheal…”
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Suppurative chondritis: its incidence, prevention, and treatment in burn patients by Mills, 2nd, D C, Roberts, L W, Mason, Jr, A D, McManus, W F, Pruitt, Jr, B A

“…A retrospective study of 317 cases of suppurative otochondritis occurring in a population of 4794 burned patients successively admitted to one institution…”
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A dose-responsive model of smoke inhalation injury: severity-related alteration in cardiopulmonary function by SHIMAZU, T, YUKIOKA, T, HUBBARD, G. B, LANGLINAIS, P. C, MASON, A. D. JR, PRUITT, B. A. JR

“…The dose responsiveness of selected physiologic indices was studied in a sheep model of smoke inhalation injury. In this model, graded severity of injury was…”
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Smoke inhalation injury and the effect of carbon monoxide in the sheep model by Shimazu, T, Ikeuchi, H, Hubbard, G B, Langlinais, P C, Mason, Jr, A D, Pruitt, Jr, B A

“…The role of carbon monoxide (CO) in causing the physiologic and anatomic changes characteristic of smoke inhalation injury was evaluated in 34 sheep. The…”
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Lymphoid subpopulation changes after thermal injury and thermal injury with infection in an experimental model by Burleson, D G, Mason, Jr, A D, Pruitt, Jr, B A

“…Subpopulation analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes is a frequently used measure of immunocompetence. Yet, little is known about the lymphocyte…”
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Rhythmic melatonin response of the Syrian hamster pineal gland to norepinephrine in vitro and in vivo by Vaughan, G M, Lasko, J, Coggins, S H, Pruitt, Jr, B A, Mason, Jr, A D

“…Norepinephrine (NE, 10(-6) M) stimulated melatonin accumulation in the incubation medium of rat (but not Syrian hamster) pineals taken at the end of the light…”
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Effects of infection on oxygen consumption and core temperature in experimental thermal injury by AULICK, L. H, MCMANUS, A. T, MASON, A. D. JR, PRUITT, B. A. JR

“…Oxygen consumption (VO2) and colonic temperature (Tc) were measured in groups of rats before and after 30% total body surface, full thickness burns. Some…”
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Replacement therapy with modified immunoglobulin G in burn patients: preliminary kinetic studies by Shirani, K Z, Vaughan, G M, McManus, A T, Amy, B W, McManus, W F, Pruitt, Jr, B A, Mason, Jr, A D

“…Suppression of serum immunoglobulin G for periods ranging from days to weeks following thermal injury may enhance the risk of infection in burn patients. In an…”
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Pineal function in burns: melatonin is not a marker for general sympathetic activity by Vaughan, G M, Taylor, T J, Pruitt, Jr, B A, Mason, Jr, A D

“…Burn injury in humans or rats is a model of marked elevation of general sympathetic activity for weeks, manifested in part by increased heart rate, metabolic…”
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Effect of ambient temperature on heat production and heat loss in burn patients by Wilmore, D W, Mason, Jr, A D, Johnson, D W, Pruitt, Jr, B A

“…Four controls and eight burned patients with thermal injury ranging from 7 to 84% total body surface were studied in an environmental chamber at 25 and 33…”
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Nonthyroidal control of metabolism after burn injury: possible role of glucagon by Vaughan, G M, Becker, R A, Unger, R H, Ziegler, M G, Siler-Khodr, T M, Pruitt, Jr, B A, Mason, Jr, A D

“…The endocrine basis for control of metabolism in nonthyroidal illness is not yet understood. Burn injury is associated with reduced serum concentrations of…”
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Alterations of mental status and thyroid hormones after thermal injury by Vaughan, G M, Mason, Jr, A D, McManus, W F, Pruitt, Jr, B A

“…In 16 burn patients, mean values for serum T4 and T3, their T3 uptake-derived free indices (FT4I and FT3I) and dialysis-derived free concentrations (FT4 and…”
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Evaluation of (1-sarcosine, 8-isoleucine) angiotensin II as a therapeutic agent for oleic acid-induced pulmonary edema by Yukioka, T, Yukioka, N, Aulick, L H, Goodwin, C W, Mason, Jr, A D, Sugimoto, T, Pruitt, Jr, B A

“…(1-Sarcosine, 8-isoleucine) angiotensin II was assessed as a therapeutic agent for acute respiratory distress syndrome with oleic acid pulmonary edema in sheep…”
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Altered protein metabolism in diaphragms from thermally injured rats by Newman, J J, Goodwin, C W, Mason, Jr, A D, Pruitt, Jr, B A

“…Thermal injury is known to cause increased muscle catabolism, but the mechanisms involved in this process are not clear. Diaphragms from thermally injured rats…”
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