Neurologic Complications Associated With Burn Injury and Resuscitation.

Background: Treatment for large burn injuries relies on adequate fluid resuscitation secondary to the severe systemic inflammatory response. With improved critical care and better understanding of the complications of over and under resuscitation, morbidity and mortality rates are decreasing. Neurologic complications are not often considered as an over-resuscitation complication after burn injury but may be considered an additional form of compartment syndrome-intracranial compartment syndrome; however, it has not been evaluated for a possible threshold similar to the Ivy Index for abdominal compartment syndrome.

Suspected gluteal compartment syndrome: Etiology predicts clinical course, outcomes and resource utilization.

Background: Gluteal Compartment Syndrome (GCS) is a rare subtype of acute compartment syndrome (ACS), complex to diagnose and potentially fatal if left untreated. The incidence of ACS is estimated to be 7.3 per 100,000 in males and 0.

Adjusting body weight for edema in severely burned patients.

Weight loss is difficult to quantify in critically ill burn patients, as the presence of edema can mask changes in dry body weight. We sought to estimate dry body weight using measured weights adjusted for reported extremity edema. We evaluated patients with at least 20% total body surface area (TBSA) burns admitted to our intensive care unit over a 3½-year period.