ICU SAQs · Burns
Burn wound sepsis — the diagnosis and the management
A CICM Second-Part SAQ on the burn wound sepsis — the diagnosis (the wound biopsy, the ABA criteria), the culture-guided antibiotics, the source control.
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A burn patient day 7 develops fever, increasing tachycardia, confusion, and a darkening of the burn wound with rapid eschar separation. Outline the assessment and the management.
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A burn patient day 7 develops fever, increasing tachycardia, confusion, and a darkening of the burn wound with rapid eschar separation. Outline the assessment and the management.[3]
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- [3]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.
- [1]Wang PH, et al. Recent advances in molecular mechanisms of skin wound healing. Frontiers in Immunology, 2024.PMID 38835782