Management of burn injuries
Lang, C.L.; Partoft, S.ør.; Astrup, J.; Holmgaard, R.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 177(41): V02150189
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 26471023 Document Number: 679066
This paper aims to clarify the newly revised guidelines regarding burn injuries as to assist medical personnel dealing with burns. The Department of Burns at Rigshospitalet is the main burn centre in Denmark, and thus creates the National Guidelines of burns treatment. The new guidelines have targeted a simplification of the procedures to avoid complications of which especially severe hypothermia as well as an overload in fluid administration are included.