Anesthetic considerations for major burn injury in pediatric patients
GENNADIY FUZAYLOV MD,
CHRISTINA W. FIDKOWSKI MD,
GENNADIY FUZAYLOV MD
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCHRISTINA W. FIDKOWSKI MD
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorGENNADIY FUZAYLOV MD,
CHRISTINA W. FIDKOWSKI MD,
GENNADIY FUZAYLOV MD
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCHRISTINA W. FIDKOWSKI MD
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorDr G. Fuzaylov, Pediatric Anesthesia Service; Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Gray-Bigelow 444, Boston, MA 02114, USA (email: [email protected]).
Summary
Major burn injury remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. With advances in burn care and with the development of experienced multi-disciplinary teams at regionalized burn centers, many children are surviving severe burn injury. As members of the multi-disciplinary care team, anesthesia providers are called upon to care for these critically ill children. These children provide several anesthetic challenges, such as difficult airways, difficult vascular access, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, altered temperature regulation, sepsis, cardiovascular instability, and increased requirements of muscle relaxants and opioids. The anesthesia provider must understand the physiologic derangements that occur with severe burn injury as well as the subsequent anesthetic implications.
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