Urine FDP and lysozyme in burn patients

This paper reported the relationship between the levels of urine FDP and lysozyme and the clinical state in burn patients. The patients were devided into 4 groups according to their burn surface, i. e. group A （burn surface less than 10%）, group B （11-30%）, group C （31-50%,） and group D （51-96%）. The levels of urine FDP and lysozyme gradually increased, in proportion to the severities of the burn, for example the levels keeping in normal range in group A but increased markedly in group C or D （1.65 or 3.5ug/ml and 30.5 or 99.24 ug/ml respectively）. Another interesting phenomenon is that the prognosis of burn patients was very poor when the levels of FDP or lysozyme reached to 4.99 ug/ml or 91 ug/ml respectively. Urine FDP and lysozyme detection seems to be of value in estimating the severity of burn and predicting the renal functions and the presence of septesis following burn injury.