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SUBMITTER: Bittner EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4844008 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bittner Edward A EA Shank Erik E Woodson Lee L Martyn J A Jeevendra JA
Anesthesiology 20150201 2
Care of burn-injured patients requires knowledge of the pathophysiologic changes affecting virtually all organs from the onset of injury until wounds are healed. Massive airway and/or lung edema can occur rapidly and unpredictably after burn and/or inhalation injury. Hemodynamics in the early phase of severe burn injury is characterized by a reduction in cardiac output and increased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance. Approximately 2 to 5 days after major burn injury, a hyperdynamic and ...[more]