Chemical mediators of injury
There are many chemical mediators that accentuate the response to a burn injury. They include:
- catecholamines
- histamine
- prostglandins
- leukotrienes
- thromboxane
- kinins
- serotonin
- oxygen-derived free radicals
- angiotensin II
- vasopressin
- glucagon
- ACTH
- glucocorticoids
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