Patients with burn injuries comprise a unique population requiring specialty care. Burn teams are equipped to care for burn injuries from admission to discharge. The pharmacist clinician is a member of the burn team and can contribute to optimizing positive outcomes for these patients. This chapter is presented as a review of the unique aspects of burn care with which the pharmacist clinician will encounter and should be familiar. Classification of the depths of burns, typical surgical treatment, wound infections and topical agents, resuscitation, inhalation injury, antimicrobial dosing, hypermetabolism, pain and analgesia, micronutrients, and venous thromboembolism prophylaxis are reviewed and discussed.

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Critical Care of the Burn Patient

  • Zachary Drabick

摘要

Patients with burn injuries comprise a unique population requiring specialty care. Burn teams are equipped to care for burn injuries from admission to discharge. The pharmacist clinician is a member of the burn team and can contribute to optimizing positive outcomes for these patients. This chapter is presented as a review of the unique aspects of burn care with which the pharmacist clinician will encounter and should be familiar. Classification of the depths of burns, typical surgical treatment, wound infections and topical agents, resuscitation, inhalation injury, antimicrobial dosing, hypermetabolism, pain and analgesia, micronutrients, and venous thromboembolism prophylaxis are reviewed and discussed.