Thirty patients with severe burn admitted to our burn wards within 48 hours after burn injury from December 2009 to December 2010 were divided into therapeutic group ( T , treated with 10 g rhubarb by nasal feeding and 5 g L-glutamine by oral administration beginning from 6 hours after admission , three times per day , and also given enteral nutrition beginning from 24 hours after admission , n = 16 ) and control group ( C , received the same treatment as used in T group but without rhubarb , n = 14 ) according to the random number table .
