Fig. 34.1 WHO surgical safety checklist With the patient surgically cleaned and draped, many techniques can be sequentially or concomitantly used to reduce blood loss [24]. The intraoperative measures available…

Fig. 45.1 Patient at admission, presenting a 90% TBSA full-thickness burn injury Fig. 45.2 Multiple escharotomies were done upon admission Fig. 45.3 Early debridement of this very deep burn injury…

Fig. 46.1 Lower face and neck contracture with oral incontinence—preoperative photos Under general anesthesia, the burn contractures were released at the base of the neck contracture. When released, the soft…

45–51 °C within minutes 51 and 70 °C within seconds Above 70 °C less than a second The depth and severity of the burn are also determined by the ability of the contact…

Q—Fluid filtration rate Kf—Capillary filtration coefficient (capillary surface area x hydraulic conductivity) Pcap—Capillary hydrostatic pressure Pi—Interstitial hydrostatic pressure σ—Reflection coefficient (Permeability) πp—Plasma oncotic pressure πi—Interstitial oncotic pressure After a deep…

Fig. 38.1 Keloids (upper row) and h ypertrophic scar (bottom row) before (a) and 6 months after (b) four sessions of open spray cryotherapy (two passes of 10 s each) followed by…

Fig. 35.1 Deep partial thickness burns. Aspect before enzymatic debridement Fig. 35.2 Same wound after enzymatic debridement. Note that all dead tissues have been removed with the protection of living…

Fig. 16.1 Graph from Burn Navigator showing current volume (green), Parkland (yellow) and Modified Brooke (bright green) guidelines and projected 24-hour fluid volume A single-center cohort study showed that computerized…

Factors influencing the need for transfer of thermally injured patients Pre-hospital factors Experience treating burn injuries  Knowledge of the treatment of burn injuries  Resources for treating burn injuries  Specialized intensive…

Fig. 24.1 Dose–response curves for rocuronium in burned and non-burned adults. On the y-axis, the train-of-four (TOF) ratio is represented as the percentage of twitch suppression between the fourth and…