[Retrospection and recent advances in fluid resuscitation during burn shock stage]

To retrospect the development of fluid resuscitation for burn shock and to look to the future. The main achievements in burn care in the past fifty years and existing problems are summarized, and the appropriate regime of fluid resuscitation for burn shock is suggested. Numerous achievements in burn care have been made, including the estimation of burn area, fluid replenishment formula, delayed resuscitation, fluid resuscitation for burn shock complicated by inhalation injury, covert compensatory shock and research on mechanism of burn shock etc. We had established and improved fluid resuscitation formula, and we had made clear how to properly resuscitate burn shock. However how to tide over the patient form burn shock smoothly had not yet reached a consensus. Effective treatment to alleviate hypoxic injuries as a result of severe shock had not been properly defined. Although significant achievements in fluid resuscitation for burn shock have been made, there is still a long way to go to attain a perfect regime. Therefore it is still utterly necessary to carry on in-depth research on this problem both in the laboratory and bedside.