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Revista Médica Sinergia 2020; 5 (11)

Management of burns in pediatric population

Echeverría MM, Salas SE

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 1-10
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ABSTRACT

A burn is an injury of the skin caused by heat, hot liquids, smoke, chemicals or electric currents. The most common cause of this type on injury in the pediatric population is by hot liquids, otherwise known as scalds. Most burns have a basic initial approach where clothing or objects that increase the affected area are removed, the lesion is placed under water at room temperature for approximately 20 minutes, kids are covered with blankets to prevent hypothermia and lesions are cleaned in order to be formerly classified. Burns can be classified into first, second or third degree, according to the color of the lesion, pain and skin layer involvement. Depending on the classification, the management of each type of burn varies: however, for any burn, the total affected body surface area should be calculated with tables such as the Lund Browder. Burns with more than 10% of the total body surface area affected require intravenous solutions calculated with formulas that will be established in greater depth in the review of this article. Burns require a multidisciplinary management with pediatricians, surgeons, nurses, psychologists and physical therapists who are responsible not only for the management, but also for the preventable nature of these injuries and the well-being of each patient.


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