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A 10 page paper discussing the effect of fluid management in (1) a partial-thickness burn of 40% BSA and (2) transection of the spinal cord at T-2. Both conditions warrant monitoring fluid intake and output, but for different reasons. Manipulating fluid intake in the burn victim is a matter of preserving normal function of unaffected, vital systems by ensuring that the patient receives electrolytes lost through massive fluid loss as a result of severe burning. Close fluid management is important in the spinal cord injury victim as well, but it generally is not as tightly critical as it is for the victim of severe burning. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSnursBurn3.rtf
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burns and drastic spinal cord injuries can induce shock in the patient suffering from either condition. Loss of fluid can be so dramatic in severe burn cases that in
years past, patients died of burn shock caused by fluid loss in the first 8 - 12 hours following injury. Death from burn shock is rare today, thankfully.
The issue remains one worthy of noting, however. Fluid intake and output also is of concern among those suffering transection of the spinal cord, but it is not as
critical a matter as it is in the case of the burn victim. Burns The patient in this case has "40% partial thickness
burns of abdomen and lower limbs." Dealing with the aftermath of a burn accident - or one inflicted through abuse - in many cases can be more frustrating even
than the event that resulted in severe burns. Particularly when the burns are more than only superficial, healing can be slow and it is nearly always painful. Burn
injury often requires continued hospitalization long past the immediate crisis, and often the patient is sent home without having accomplished full healing. The
personal and financial costs of this process can be staggering. Though the patient aches to return home, s/he may need to be available for daily oxygen room treatments or
other special attention to the wounds caused by burns. Each day s/he spends in the hospital is creating another reason for the patients health insurance provider to complain about
the cost of treatment, and in some cases may refuse to continue to pay for hospitalization until wound care therapy is complete. The
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