International Abstracts

International Abstracts

PERPETUATED To estimate small burn areas, the usual teaching is that the patient’s palm is 1% of body surface area. It has never been very clear whether this means the palm surface of the whole hand or the palm excluding the fingers. This is a source of confusion to many junior doctors. The Advanced Trauma Life Support student manual has been in contradiction to evidence from the literature and...

International Abstracts

106 FIBRINOGEN FUNCTION AFTER SEVERE BURN INJURY In order to test the hypothesis that patients with severe burn injury undergo in time fibrinogen function changes, FIBTEM® and fibrinogen concentration were measured simultaneously early after burn trauma. Blood tests were performed immediately and 12, 24, and 48 h after the patients’ admission. Fibrinogen level (Clauss) and four commercially ava...

International Abstracts

107 THE INFLUENCE OF PRE-EXISTING PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS ON RECOVERY IN BURN INJURY PATIENTS: THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOSIS AND DEPRESSION On the basis of the hypothesis that burn patients with a co-morbid psychiatric illness would have poorer outcomes in recovery from their injuries than patients with equivalent burn injuries but without preexisting psychiatric illness, 190 consecutive admissions to a ...

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49 HYDROCORTISONE IMPROVED HAEMODYNAMICS AND FLUID REQUIREMENT IN SURVIVING BUT NOT NONSURVIVING OF SEVERELY BURNED PATIENTS The administration of hydrocortisone can lead to a reduction of catecholamines and improved outcome in septic patients. However, no data exist regarding the use of hydrocortisone in burn patients although, in such patients, the reduction of vasopressors may be even more c...

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