• M Sánchez-Sánchez, J R Martínez, B Civantos, and P Millán.
• Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Unidad de Quemados Críticos, Hospital Universitario La Paz-Carlos III-Cantoblanco/IdiPaz, Madrid, España. Electronic address: manuelsanchezsa@gmail.com.
• Med Intensiva. 2020 Mar 1; 44 (2): 113-121.

AbstractBurned patients may need prolonged admissions in the Intensive Care Service, both for initial care and for the pre and postoperative treatment of the multiple surgeries they require. The initial resuscitation of critically burned patients requires adequate monitoring to calculate the fluid therapy necessary to replenish the losses and ensure tissue perfusion, but without excesses that increase interstitial edema. In addition, monitoring can evaluate the systemic inflammatory response that can lead to shock and organic dysfunctions. After this initial phase we will find a critical patient who requires multiple reinterventions in non-optimal situations, so he will need special care over a long period of time. In addition, the Intensive Care Service offers specific postoperative care for reconstructive surgery and the transplantation of composite tissues (upper limb and face) in which its success depends on a rigorous control through adequate monitoring and treatment.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.

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