Clinical characteristics and diagnosis of sepsis in pediatric burn patients.
- Author:
Yi-zhi PENG
1
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burns, Southwest Hospital, the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Burns;
complications;
Child;
Humans;
Sepsis;
diagnosis;
etiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Burns
2013;29(1):1-3
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pediatric burn patients account for more than 1/3 of the inpatients in the same period, and its incidence surpasses that of burn patients in other age groups. However, it brings about much difficulty to treat pediatric burn patients complicated by sepsis, which brings a significantly higher mortality than that of the adult. Moreover, the physiological characteristics, development of organs, drug metabolism, and body response to burn injury in children are obviously different from those of the adult. Therefore, it is clinically important to understand the clinical characteristics of sepsis in pediatric burn patients in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this ailment.
