• N L Allorto and S L Wall.
• Greys Hospital, Department of Surgery, Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; University of KwaZulu Natal, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Electronic address: nikkiallorto@gmail.com.
• Injury. 2023 Jan 1; 54 (1): 252825-28.

BackgroundAppropriate fluid resuscitation of acute burn injury is critical and there are recognized challenges with fluid resuscitation, including those with relevance to low resource settings. We developed a practical protocol that guides burn resuscitation and sought to evaluate the safety of our modified resuscitation formula through a small pilot study that particularly addresses the problems we have experienced in a low resource setting.MethodsChildren with burns more than 15% total body surface area admitted within 24 h of injury to Edendale Hospital between 1 June 2021 and 31 August 2021 were included. The resuscitation formula used was 2 mls of Ringers Lactate per bodyweight in kilograms per% total body surface area (TBSA) given over 24 h and adjusted according to urine output. Data analysed included age, weight, mechanism, TBSA, hours post burn at presentation to hospital, total fluid given in the first 24 h of admission, total urine output in the first 24 h of admission, number of fluid adjustments made during the first 24 h and complications related to fluid resuscitation.ResultsTen children were included. The median age was 3 (IQR 2-5) years old, with a mean weight of 14.9 (SD 5.07) kilograms, a median TBSA of 17.4 (IQR 16-26)%, presenting at a median of 12 (6.5-18) hours post burn injury. Mechanism of burn was scald in all cases, with 9 being hot water and hot food in one. In the first 24 h a mean of 2.05 (SD 0.58) mls/kg of fluid was received with a mean urine output of 1.66 (SD 0.57) mls/kg/hr.ConclusionThe results of this pilot study to evaluate the safety of our protocol seem reasonable. It is limited by the lack of larger injuries as well as adult patients and a larger prospective study is pertinent.Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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