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Medical management of paediatric burn injuries: Best practice part 2
Author(s) -
D'Cruz Rachel,
Martin Hugh CO,
Holland Andrew JA
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.12179
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , intensive care medicine
Burns remain a leading cause of injury in the paediatric population in A ustralia despite efforts in prevention. Advances in surgical management include novel debridement methods and blood conserving techniques. Patients with severe burns (>20%) remain significantly more complex to manage as a result of extensive alterations in metabolic processes. There appears increasing evidence to support the use of pharmacological modulators of the hyper‐metabolic state in these patients. The management of a child with burns involves acute, subacute and long‐term planning. This holistic approach seems optimally co‐ordinated by a Burns Unit in which each discipline required to provide care to these children in order to achieve optimal outcomes is represented.