Ronald G. Tompkins

TL;DR: A quantitative fluorescent microscopy system was developed to characterize the effects of supraphysiological temperatures on the plasma membrane of mouse 3T3 fibroblasts and isolated rat skeletal muscle cells, and a time-dependent permeability assumption provided a statistically better fit of the model predictions to the data than a constant permeable assumption.

TL;DR: An important role for iNOS is demonstrated in LPS-induced insulin resistance, evidenced by the attenuation of LPS -induced hyperglycemia and reversal of increased hepatic glucose output by aminoguanidine.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a retrospective review of all 1665 patients with acute burn injuries admitted from 1990 to 1994 to Massachusetts General Hospital and the Shriners Burns Institute in Boston, and developed probability estimates for the prediction of mortality based on a minimal set of well defined variables.

TL;DR: The approach to acutely burned hands emphasizes ranging and splinting throughout hospitalization, prompt sheet autograft wound closure as soon as practical, and the selective use of axial pin fixation and flaps.

TL;DR: Comparisons with samples from burn patients revealed impaired directional migration speed starting as early as 24 hours after burn injury, reaching a minimum at 72–120 hours, correlated to the size of the burn injury and potentially serving as an early indicator for concurrent infections.