RT Book, Section
A1 Anderson, Jeffrey H.
A1 Mandell, Samuel P.
A1 Gibran, Nicole S.
A2 Brunicardi, F. Charles
A2 Andersen, Dana K.
A2 Billiar, Timothy R.
A2 Dunn, David L.
A2 Kao, Lillian S.
A2 Hunter, John G.
A2 Matthews, Jeffrey B.
A2 Pollock, Raphael E.
SR Print(0)
ID 1175969541
T1 Burns
T2 Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835353
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175969541
RD 2024/04/24
AB Key  PointsFollow  American  Burn  Association  criteria  for  referral  of  a  patient  to  a  regional  burn  center.Never  administer  prophylactic  antibiotics  other  than  tetanus  vaccination.Early  excision  and  grafting  of  full-thickness  and  deep  partial-thickness  burns  improve  outcomes.Intravenous  fluid  resuscitation  for  patients  with  burns  >20%  of  total  body  surface  area  (children  with  burns  >15%  of  total  body  surface  area)  should  be  titrated  to  mean  arterial  pressure  (MAP)  >60  mmHg  and  appropriate  urine  output.