The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation
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J Burn Care Rehabil · Sep 1991
Comparative StudyReperfusion injury in burned rats after delayed fluid resuscitation.
Organ failure from ischemic injury is common in deaths that are due to burn when fluid resuscitation is not performed. Organ perfusion after a delay in resuscitation, however, may induce or even accelerate ischemic organ damage. To study this phenomenon, 40 rats were classified (n = 10) to serve as normal control, burn with no resuscitation, burn with early fluid resuscitation, and burn with delayed resuscitation groups. ⋯ Water content of lung and muscle tissue were significantly lower (p less than 0.05) in the burn group that received no fluid resuscitation compared with that in early and delayed resuscitation groups. Water content of muscle was significantly greater with delayed resuscitation compared with the early resuscitation group. Results indicate that delayed fluid resuscitation in cases of burn shock may disrupt the cellular energy metabolism in some vital organs and cause skeletal muscle edema.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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J Burn Care Rehabil · Sep 1991
Effects of cimetidine on fluid requirement during resuscitation of third-degree burns.
Seventy percent body surface area third-degree burns were produced in four groups of six guinea pigs each, after which all were resuscitated with Ringer's lactate solution. Group 1 received 4 ml/kg/%burn. Group 2 received 1 ml/kg/%burn with cimetidine, which was begun at 0.5 hours after burn injury. ⋯ At 24 hours after burn injury, the water content of the burned skin of group 2 was significantly lower than that of the other groups. We conclude that in third-degree burns, cimetidine therapy can effectively reduce burn edema and the amount of required resuscitation fluid. Early administration is better than late administration of cimetidine.
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J Burn Care Rehabil · Jul 1991
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialSevere itching in the patient with burns.
After discharge, the patient with burns is often plagued with persistent, unrelenting itching. The purpose of this study was to document the incidence and severity of itching in discharged patients with burns, to determine factors that may help in prediction of the problem, and to study the effectiveness of Benadryl (Parke-Davis, Morris Plains N. J.), Atarax (Roerig Div. of Pfizer Inc., New York, N. ⋯ The agents that were tested produced complete relief in only 20% of patients, partial relief in 60%, and no relief in 20%. There were no differences in response to the three agents tested. All three of the drugs that were tested had similar onset of action.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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J Burn Care Rehabil · Jul 1991
Research priorities for burn nursing: patient, nurse, and burn prevention education.
Fifteen of the 101 research questions that were assigned priorities in the Burn Nursing Delphi study by Marvin et al. (Marvin JA, Carrougher GJ, Bayley EW, Weber B, Knighton J, Rutan RL. Burn nursing Delphi study: setting research priorities. J BURN CARE REHABIL 1991;12:190-7) addressed education from the perspectives of patients, their families, and burn nurses; the study also addressed the issue of burn prevention education. ⋯ Prevention education was generally found to be a low priority in the Delphi study. Many of the questions in the education subgroup can best be answered by comparative or experimental studies designed to explain and predict the effects of various teaching strategies on behavioral outcomes. Research on patient, nurse, and burn prevention education provides a fertile ground for nurse researchers and an opportunity to contribute knowledge of vital importance to clinicians, educators, managers, and the public.
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J Burn Care Rehabil · Jul 1991
Use and efficacy of a nutrition protocol for patients with burns in intensive care.
The University of Michigan Burn Center uses a protocol to standardize the assessment, initiation, and monitoring of nutritional support for patients with burns of greater than 30% total body surface area (TBSA). Six patients with 20% to 80% TBSA burns were followed for 3 weeks to determine the effect of the protocol on the assessment, initiation, monitoring, and adequacy of nutritional support. The protocol calls for resting energy expenditure (REE) measurement within 24 hours of injury, to be repeated 3 times per week, for assessment of caloric requirements. ⋯ Overall, the six patients received enterally an average of 75% of their caloric requirements. The major reason for inadequate enteral support was interruption of tube feedings because of tube dislodgment or multiple surgical procedures. The protocol used weekly measurements of total iron-binding capacity and prealbumin level s parameters of nutritional support.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)