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Calcitonin assay may help identify burn patients at risk for respiratory distress.

ABSTRACT AN ASSAY, which may provide a method for identifying burn patients who are at risk of developing respiratory distress syndrome, was described at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society in Atlanta, Ga.The need for such a predictive capability is underscored by Kenneth L. Becker, MD, director of endocrinology at the Veterans Administration Center and at the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington,