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Pediatric Burns - Dr. Weihmiller

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  • Always consider NAT for burn patients
  • Can use palm of a child as 1%  TBSA
  • Metabolic response -> end organ damage and can last several weeks
  • CXR may not show pulmonary damage for 24-28 hours
  • Full thickness burns cannot re-epithelialize
  • No longer using Parkland Formula for fluid calculations
  • Add D5LR maintenance fluids in < 5 years


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