Model System:

Burn

Reference Type:

JA

Accession No.:

Journal:


Burns

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

, 30, 6, 583-590

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Abstract:

Recent studies have shown that burn patients receive larger volumes of fluids than predicted by the Baxter formula and the reason for this is unclear. One potential reason is that increased analgesics are used which couldblunt the response to fluid resuscitation. The purpose of this study was to compare the administration of opioid agonists in patients treated at a single burn center in the 1970s and in the year 2000. We performed a retrospective chart review comparing two matched cohorts. Group I consisted of 11 patients admitted between 1975 and 1978. Group II consisted of 11 patients admitted in 2000 matched for age, sex and %TBSA. Patients in Group II received a significantly higher mean opioid equivalent than those in Group I (26.5 ' 12.3 versus 3.9 ' 2.2 in the first 24 h, P

Author(s):


Sullivan, S.R., Friedrich, J.B., Engrav, L.H., Round, K.A., Heimbach, D.M., Heckbert, S.R., Carrougher, G.J., Lezotte, D.C., Wiechman, S.A., Honari, S., Klein, M.B., Gibran, N.S.

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