Pediatric Burns in Brief: Presentation, Workup, Diagnosis, and Perioperative Considerations

Dr. Pramod Puligandla, Pediatric Surgeon and Intensivist at Montreal Children’s, joins Dr. Rae Hanke to review the essentials of pediatric burns in this videocast.

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00:00 Introduction
00:41 Clinical case
00:55 Criteria for transfer to a burn center
02:02 Admission criteria for burn patients at a burn center
02:48 Pre transfer burn care
03:52 Fluid resuscitation for burn patients
04:24 How to estimate burn surface area
04:58 Selecting a burn resuscitation formula
06:08 Fluid creep and how to treat it
06:58 Foley in the use of burn injury
07:48 Infections and burns
08:15 When to obtain carbon monoxide levels in burn injury
09:23 Inhalation injury and intubation
10:48 When to reassess the burn for progression
11:50 Operative timing for debridement of burns
12:22 Endpoints of resuscitation
13:22 Summary and outro