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17 Burns Flashcards

1
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First degree burn

A

Epidermis

Sunburn

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Superficial dermis burn (second degree)

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Papillary dermis
Painful to touch, blebs and blisters, hair follicles intact, blanches
Does NOT need skin grafts

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Deep dermis burn (second degree)

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Reticular dermis
Decreased sensation, loss of follicles
Requires skin grafts

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4
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Third degree burn

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Leathery (charred parchment)

Down to subcutaneous fat

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5
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Fourth degree burn

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Down to bone

Into adjacent adipose or muscle tissue

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6
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Admission criteria for a burn center

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Only relates to 2/3rd degree burns:
- >10% BSA (<10, >50yo)
- >20% BSA anyone
- Hands, face, feet, genitalia, perineum or major joints
3rd degree > 5%
Electrical and chemical burns
Concomitant inhalation injury, mechanical traumas, pre-existing medical conditions
Special social, emotional or long-term rehab needs
Suspected child abuse/neglect

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7
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Most common type of burn?

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Scald

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8
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Most common type of burn to present to ED and be admitted?

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Flame

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9
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Parkland formula

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Burns >20%; only 2nd degree and greater
4cc x kg x % burn

Give 1/2 in first 8 hours, next 1/2 over 16 hours

Underestimates in patients with inhalation injury, ETOH, electrical injury, post-escharotomy

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10
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What fluid do you use in the first 24hrs after a burn?

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Lactated ringers

Colloid (albumin) within the first 24 hours increases pulmonary/respiratory complicaitons

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11
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Indications for escharotomy

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Perform within 4-6 hours

  • Circumferential deep burns
  • Low temp, weak pulse, decreased capillary refill, decreased pain sensation or decreased neurological functioning extremity
  • Problems ventilating patient with significant chest torso burns

If concern for compartment syndrome after escharotomy - perform fasciotomy

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12
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Risk factors for burn injuries

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Alcohol or dug use
Age (very young/very old)
Smoking
Low SES
Violence
Epilepsy
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13
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What is the cause of lung injury in burn patients?

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Carbonaceous materials and smoke
NOT heat (protective closing)
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14
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Risk factors for airway injury in a burn patient?

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ETOH
Trauma
Closed space
Rapid combustion
Extremes of age
delayed extrication
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15
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Signs and symptoms of possible airway injury in burn patients?

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Facial burns
Wheezing, stridor
Carbonaceous sputum

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16
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Indications for intubation in burn patients?

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Upper airway stridor or obstruction
Worsening hypoxemia
Massive volume resuscitation can worsen symptoms

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17
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Most common infection in patients with >30% burns? Most common cause of death?

A

Pneumonia

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18
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Treatment of acid and alkali burns?

A

Water irrigation

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19
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Type of burn that causes liquefaction necrosis?

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Alkali

Deeper burn

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20
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Type of burn that causes coagulation necrosis?

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Acid

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21
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Treatment of hydrofluoric acid burns?

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Spread calcium on the wound

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22
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Treatment of tar burns?

A

Cool

Wipe away with lipophilic solvent (adhesive remover)

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23
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Complications of electrical burns

A 
Rhabdomyolysis
Compartment syndrome
Polyneuritis
Quadriplegia
Transverse myelitis
Cataracts
Liver necrosis
Intestinal perforation
Gallbladder perforation
Pancreatic necrosis
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24
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Caloric need in first week of burn?

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25kcal/kg/day + (30kcal x %burn)

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25
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Protein need in first week of burn?

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1g/kg/day + (3g x %burn)

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26
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What is the best source of non-protein calories in burn patients?

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Glucose

Burn wounds use glucose in an obligatory fashion

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27
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When do you excise burn wounds? Exceptions?

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Within 72 hours, but AFTER appropriate fluid resuscitation
Used in deep 2nd, 3rd and 4th degree burns
Exception - face, palms, soles, genitals - defer for 1 week

28
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Limitations/goals for burn surgery?

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< 1L blood loss
< 20% of skin excised
< 2hrs in OR

29
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When are skin grafts contraindicated?

A

Positive B-hem strep

Bacterial > 10^5

30
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Benefits of Autografts

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Decreased - infection, desiccation, protein loss, pan, water loss, heat loss and RBC loss

31
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What are donor skin sites regenerated?

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From hair follicles and skin edges

32
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Imbibition

A

Osmotic nutrition

Blood supply to skin graft for days 0-3

33
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Neovascularization

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Starts around day 3

34
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Where are skin grafts unlikely to do well?

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Areas of poor vascularized beds

Tendons, bone without periostomy, radiation areas

35
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How thick are split-thickeness grafts?

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12-15mm

Includes epidermis and part of dermis

36
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Homografts

A

Cadaveric skin
Temporizing material - last 2-4 weeks
They vascularize and are eventually rejected

37
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Xenografts

A

Porcine
Last 2 weeks
Do NOT vascularize

38
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Reasons to delay autografting

A

Infection
Not enough skin donor sites
Patient septic or unstable
Do not want to create any more donor sites with concomitant blood loss

39
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Most common cause for skin graft loss?

A

SEroma/hematoma

40
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STSGs are more likely to:

A

Survive

Easier for imbibition and revascularization due to being thinner

41
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FTSGs have less:

A

Wound contraction

Good for palms and back of hands

42
Q

Treatment of facial burns?

A

Topical antibiotics for 1 week

FTSG for unhealed areas (non-meshed)

43
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Treatment of hand burns?

A

Superficial - ROM exercise, splint in extension if too much edema
Deep - Immobilize in extension for 7 days after FTSG, then physical therapy

44
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Treatment of palm burns?

A

Try to preserve specialized palmar attachments

Splint hand in extension for 7 days after FTGS

45
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Treatment of genital burns?

A

Use STSG (meshed)

46
Q

Most common organisms in burn wound infections?

A

Pseudomonas*
Staph
E. coli
Enterobacter

47
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Silvadene (silver sulfadiazine)

A 
AE: neutropenia, thrombocytopenia
CI: sulfa allergy
Negative:
- Limited eschar penetration
- Can inhibit epithelialization
- Ineffective against pseudomonas

Good for Candida

48
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Silver nitrate

A 
AE: electrolyte imbalance (hyponatremia, hypochloremia, hypocalcemia, hypokalemia), methemoglobinemia
Negative:
- Discoloration
- Limited eschar penetration
- Ineffecetive against pseudomonas, GPCs
49
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Sulfamylon (mafenide sodium)

A 
AE: painful application, metabolic acidosis
Positives:
- Good eschar penetration
- Good for burns overlying cartilage
- Broadest spectrum (peudomonas, GNRs)
50
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Mupirocin

A

Good for MRSA

Very expensive

51
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Signs of burn wound infection?

A 
Peripheral edema
2-3rd degree burn conversion
Hemorrhage into scare
Erythema gangrenosum
Green fat
Black skin around wound
Rapid eschar separation
Focal discoloration
52
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Most common cause of burn wound sepsis?

A

Pseudomonas

53
Q

Most common viral infection in burn wound?

A

HSV

54
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Best way to detect a burn wound infection (and differentiate from colonization)?

A

Biopsy of burn wound

<10^5 organisms - NOT an infection (just colonization)

55
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Complications after burns:

Seizures

A

Iatrogenic - sodium concentrations

56
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Complications after burns:

Peripheral neuropoathy

A

Secondary to small vessel injury and demyelination

57
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Complications after burns:

Ectopia

A

From contraction of burned adnexa

Tx: Eyelid release

58
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Complications after burns:

Corneal abrasions

A

Topical antibiotics

59
Q

Complications after burns:

Symblepharon

A

Eyelids stuck to conjunctiva

Tx: Release with glass rod

60
Q

Complications after burns:

Heterotopic ossification of tendons

A

Tx: Physical therapy, may need surgery

61
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Complications after burns:

Fractures

A

Tx: external fixation to allow for treatment of burns

62
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Complications after burns:

Curling’s ulcer

A

Gastric ulcer that occurs with burns

63
Q

Complications after burns:

Marjolin’s ulcer

A

Squamous cell CA that occurs in chronic non-healing wounds or unstable scars

64
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Complications after burns:

Hypertrophic scar

A

Occurs 3-4 months after injury
Secondary to neovascularity
Increased risk: deep thermal injurys that take >3wks to heal, heal by contraction and epithelial spread, heal across flexor surfaces
Tx: Steroid injection to lesion*, silicone, compression, wait 1-2 years before scar modification surgery

65
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Erythema multiforme > Stevens-Johnson syndrome > Toxic epidermal necrolysis

A

EM - least severe, self-limited, target lesions
SJS - More serious, <10% BSA
TEN - most severe

Epidermal-dermal separation
Caused by drugs/viruses
Tx:
- Fluid resuscitation and support
- Prevent wound desiccation with homografts/xenograft wraps
- Topical antibiotics
- IV abx if Staph
- NO steroids
66
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Scalded skin syndrome

A

Caused by staph aureus

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