Terapia nutricional antioxidante como coadjuvante no tratamento de pacientes queimados

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to demonstrate the direct influence of antioxidant supplementation in burned patients and how this intervention can positively affect your overall condition. Methods: Literature review based on original research and review articles, about the period from 1998 to 2014, indexed in the LILACS, PubMed and ScieELO in their respective languages: Portuguese, English and Spanish. It was also used a work of specific literature extracted from a collection formulated for medical and nutritional sciences. Results and discussion: The early use of antioxidant therapy appears to act as an adjuvant in the treatment of critically ill patients in order to prevent unnecessary tissue impairments. By supplementation of antioxidants, there was a reduction in pulmonary infections and hospital stays, as well as other complications. Conclusion: Antioxidants act positively in the treatment of burned patients because as assistants are able to treat it by means not previously achieved, promoting the reduction of oxidative stress.