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Management of the pediatric burn patient
1University of Texas Medical Branch, Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, Texas 77550, USA.
The Nursing Clinics of North America
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
The care of children with burns represents a therapeutic dilemma for many practitioners who periodically work with thermally injured patients. In this article, the authors emphasize the pathophysiology of thermal injury with special attention to the burned child. Within this framework, pain control, resuscitation, wound care, and the importance of a "burn care team" are discussed as important factors in the care of these children.