title: Burn Shock and Resuscitation: Proceedings of a Symposium Conducted at the Meeting of the American Burn Association, Chicago, IL, 21 April 2015.
abstract: The Special Interest Groups of the American Burn Association provide a forum for interested members of the multidisciplinary burn team to congregate and discuss matters of mutual interest. At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Chicago, IL, the Fluid Resuscitation Special Interest Group sponsored a special symposium on burn resuscitation. The purpose of the symposium was to review the history, current status, and future direction of fluid resuscitation of patients with burn shock. The reader will note several themes running through the following presentations. One is the perennial question of the proper role for albumin or other fluid-sparing strategies. Another is the unique characteristics of the pediatric burn patient. A third is the need for multicenter trials of burn resuscitation, while recognizing the obstacles to conducting randomized controlled trials in this setting.
authors.affiliation: From the *US Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas; †Shriners Hospitals for Children-Galveston, Texas; ‡Rhode Island Burn Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence; §Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California and University of California, Davis, Sacramento; ‖University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston; ¶Arnold Luterman Regional Burn Center, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile; #Burn Center, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois; and **Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Serio-Melvin
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salinas
authors.forename: Kevin K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Clayton
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Graybill
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Herndon
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Greenhalgh
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lintner
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mosier
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagpal
authors.forename: Leopoldo C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Cancio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000418:Albumins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins