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BURN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

BURN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. The body’s response to a burn. Burn injuries result in both local and systemic responses. Local response. Zone of coagulation —point of maximum damage., irreversible tissue loss due to protein coagulation

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BURN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

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  1. BURN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

  2. The body’s response to a burn. • Burn injuries result in both local and systemic responses

  3. Local response • Zone of coagulation—point of maximum damage., irreversible tissue loss due to protein coagulation • Zone of stasis—with decreased tissue perfusion, tissue potentially salvageable • Zone of hyperemia—outermost zone tissue perfusion is increased

  4. LOCAL RESPONSE • Loss of tissue in the zone of stasis will lead to the wound deepening as well as widening

  5. SYSTEMIC RESPONSE • release of cytokines and other inflammatory mediators at the site of injury has a systemic effect once the burn reaches 30% of total body surface area

  6. SYSTEMIC RESPONSE

  7. Electrical injuries • electric current travels through the body from one point to another, creating “entry” and “exit” points. • tissue between these 2 points can be damaged by the current • amount of heat generated = level of tissue damage • Voltage determines the degree of tissue damage

  8. Electrical Injuries (Type) • Domestic Electricity (Low Voltage): cause small, deep contact burns at the exit and entry sites • True” high tension injuries:voltage ≥1000V • extensive tissue damage, often limb loss • large amount of soft and bony tissue necrosis • Flash injuries: tangential exposure to a high voltage current arc but no current flow through the body

  9. Classification of Burn Depths • Partial thickness burns: do not extend through all skin layers • Superficial—affects the epidermis but not the dermis (such as sunburn), epidermal burn • Superficial dermal: extends through the epidermis into the upper layers of the dermis, associated with blistering • Deep dermal—extends through the epidermis into the deeper layers of the dermis but not through the entire dermis. • Full thickness burns: extend through all skin layers into the subcutaneous tissues

  10. Classification of Burn Depths

  11. Assessment of Burn Depth

  12. ASSESMENT OF BURN AREA

  13. WALLACE RULE OF NINES

  14. Lund and Browder chart

  15. RESCUSCITATION REGIMEN

  16. RESCUSCITATION REGIMEN • The starting point for resuscitation is the time of injury, not the time of admission • High tension electrical injuries require substantially more fluid (up to 9 ml×(burn area)×(body weight) in the first 24 hours) and a higher urine output (1.5-2 ml/kg/hour) • regimens should be continuously adjusted • according to urine output and other physiological parameters (pulse, blood pressure, and respiratory rate)

  17. CRITERIA FOR REFERRAL TO A BURN CENTER • Second- and third-degree burns greater than 10% TBSA in patients under 10 or over 50 years of age • Second- and third-degree burns greater than 20% TBSA in other age groups • Second- and third-degree burns that involve the face, hands, feet, genitalia, perineum, and major joints • Third-degree burns greater than 5% TBSA in any age group • Electrical burns, including lightning injury

  18. CRITERIA FOR REFERRAL TO A BURN CENTER • Chemical burns • Inhalation injury • Burn injury in patients with pre-existing medical disorders that could complicate management, prolong recovery, or affect mortality • Any patients with burns and concomitant trauma (e.g., fractures, blast injury) where burn injury poses the greatest risk of morbidity or mortality. • Burn injury in children who will require special social/emotional and/or long-term rehabilitative support, including cases involving suspected child abuse or substance abuse

  19. REFERENCES • Initial management of a major burn: II—assessment and resuscitation. ShehanHettiaratchy, Peter Dziewulski. BMJ VOLUME 329 10 JULY 2004 • Pathophysiology and types of burns. ShehanHettiaratchy, Peter Dziewulski. BMJ VOLUME 328 12 JUNE 2004 • American Burn Association. Hospital and Prehospital Resources for Optimal Care of Patients with Burn Injury: Guidelines for Development and Operation of Burn Centers. Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation. 1990; 11: 98-104.

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