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Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

During the period from January 1992 up to the end of July 2001, the Burns Unit in King Khalid'C'Hospital treated 1735 cases of burns. The burns cases were of varying causes, age groups, degree, depth and extent. The formula used in Teating these burns patients was a modification of Parklan...

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Main Author: Rahoma, A.H.
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Published: Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 2002
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spelling my.um.eprints.247252020-06-09T01:38:26Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/24725/ Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Rahoma, A.H. R Medicine During the period from January 1992 up to the end of July 2001, the Burns Unit in King Khalid'C'Hospital treated 1735 cases of burns. The burns cases were of varying causes, age groups, degree, depth and extent. The formula used in Teating these burns patients was a modification of Parkland fonnula. The fluid used was Ringer lactate solution. This fluid was administered for the first 3 days post burn until the general condilion of the palient was sfabilized. Early oral intake was encouraged in aU patients and was started as early as the second or the third day. Colloids were given by the end of the third or even the fourth day and according to the individual patients' needs. The results of this treatment regime significantly avoided renal complications and ensured patient rehydration. Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 2002 Article PeerReviewed Rahoma, A.H. (2002) Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC), 7 (2). pp. 127-131. ISSN 1823-7339 https://jummec.um.edu.my/article/view/4513
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Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
description During the period from January 1992 up to the end of July 2001, the Burns Unit in King Khalid'C'Hospital treated 1735 cases of burns. The burns cases were of varying causes, age groups, degree, depth and extent. The formula used in Teating these burns patients was a modification of Parkland fonnula. The fluid used was Ringer lactate solution. This fluid was administered for the first 3 days post burn until the general condilion of the palient was sfabilized. Early oral intake was encouraged in aU patients and was started as early as the second or the third day. Colloids were given by the end of the third or even the fourth day and according to the individual patients' needs. The results of this treatment regime significantly avoided renal complications and ensured patient rehydration.
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title Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
title_short Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
title_full Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: Ten years experience in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
title_sort early fluid resuscitation in the management of major burns: ten years experience in tabuk, saudi arabia
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