Anesthesia and pain management in pediatric burn patients.
Patients with severe burn injury are a challenge for the pediatric anesthesiologist. Today with adequate care many children survive their trauma and have a good chance for complete functional and psychological rehabilitation. The anesthesiologist has to provide excellent care even for patients in suboptimal or unstable condition to enable wound debridement and grafting, because only rapid skin closure will stabilize the patient. Adequate pain treatment during all phases of burn treatment is mandatory.
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Department of Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Children's Hospital auf der Bult, Janusz-Korczak-Allee 12, D-30173 Hannover, Germany.
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D000700:Analgesics; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003646:Debridement; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D014187:Transportation of Patients
D000700:Analgesics