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[Treatment of burned children--current therapeutic principles (author's transl)]
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This study outlines immediate care, parenteral nutrition, and surgical strategies for burned children, adapting adult guidelines for pediatric needs. Key recommendations focus on shock management and nutritional support specific to this age group.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Burn Care
- Surgical Management
- Dermatology
Abstract:
This paper deals with the working plan of immediate care, parenteral nutrition and surgery in burned children according to experience gained in the treatment of these children at the specialist Burns Unit of the Department of Dermatology (I) of the University of Vienna. Features peculiar to this age group lie in the appropriate recommendations for shock therapy and prophylaxis as well as parenteral nutrition. The guidelines for surgical treatment of burns are basically similar in adults and children.