Standard variables fail to identify patients who will not respond to fluid resuscitation following thermal injury: brief report.

Unlabelled: Approximately 13% of thermally injured patients fail resuscitation, in that they die during the first 48 h postburn despite full resuscitative efforts. The purpose of this study was to characterize these patients, and to develop a predictor of resuscitation failure.

Methods: Records of 3807 thermally injured patients admitted to this burn centre during 1980-1997 were reviewed.

Predicting increased fluid requirements during the resuscitation of thermally injured patients.

Background: We determined whether factors present soon after burn predict which patients will receive more than 4 mL/kg/% burn during the first 24 hours, and whether total fluid intake during the first 24 hours (VOL) contributes to in-hospital mortality (MORT).

Methods: We reviewed the records of patients admitted during 1987-97. The modified Brooke resuscitation formula was used.