Editorial
Copyright ©2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Crit Care Med. Feb 4, 2014; 3(1): 1-7
Published online Feb 4, 2014. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v3.i1.1
Table 1 Therapeutic goals of fluid resuscitation and therapeutic measures in thermal injury
GoalMeasure
Preventing hypovolaemia and shockFluıd overloading (with rationing prehospital fluid delivery)
Improving organ perfusionMannitol, high dose vitamin C administration (avoiding early colloids)
Reducing capillary leak and oedemaNot known
Reducing inflammatory stormHaemodialysis, plasmapheresis, etc.
Avoiding polycompartment syndromePermissive hypovolaemia