| On Anesthesia for Burned Patients(I): Clinical analysis of anesthesia for burned patients during recent 3 years . |
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Suk Gyoon Chung, Soon Jae Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Kwang Min Kim, Weon Jin Choi |
1Department of Anesthesiology, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.
2Department of General Surgery, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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We analyzed 560 cases of anesthesia for burned patients from January 1986 to December 1983 after establishment of burn center in Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital. The results were as follws; 1) The number of patients was 121 in 1986, 203 in 1987 and 236 in 1988. 2) Among 560 cases, 411 (73.4%) cases were male and the most common age group was under 10-year-old (181 cases, 32.4%). 3) Most frequent surgical procedure was skin graft (453 cases 80.9%) and early escharectomy was increased. 4) Inhalation anesthesia was 496 cases (88.6%) and intravenous anesthesia was decreased (16.5% in 1986 and 0.4%, in 1988). 5) The duration of anesthesia was 2.5+/-1.61 hours in 1986, 2.6+/-1.20 hours and 1.5+/-0.89 hours in 1988. It was shortened respectively.
6) Flame burn was the most common cause of burn (65.9%) and the patient with 30-40% burned surface area were most frequent (22.1%). |
| Key Words:
Burn |
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