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J. Elkinton, M. Gilmour, W. Wolff (1939)
THE CONTROL OF WATER AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE IN SURGICAL PATIENTSAnnals of Surgery, 110
R. McClure (1939)
THE TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH SEVERE BURNS: CLINICAL LECTURE AT ST. LOUIS SESSIONJAMA, 113
J. Lucido (1940)
METABOLIC AND BLOOD CHEMICAL CHANGES IN A SEVERE BURN: CASE REPORTAnnals of Surgery, 111
F. Underhill (1927)
CHANGES IN BLOOD CONCENTRATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE TREATMENT OF EXTENSIVE SUPERFICIAL BURNS.Annals of surgery, 86 6
D. Weiner, A. Rowlette, R. Elman (1936)
Significance of Loss of Serum Protein in Therapy of Severe BurnsProceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 34
H. Trusler, H. Egbert, H. Williams (1939)
BURN SHOCK: THE QUESTION OF WATER INTOXICATION AS A COMPLICATING FACTOR: BLOOD CHEMICAL STUDIES AND REPORT OF AN EXTENSIVE BURN TREATED BY REPEATED TRANSFUSIONS OF BLOOD AND BLOOD PLASMAJAMA, 113
E. Davidson, C. Matthew (1927)
PLASMA PROTEINS IN CUTANEOUS BURNSArchives of Surgery, 15
H. Harkins, P. Harmon (1937)
PLASMA EXUDATION: LOSS OF PLASMA‐LIKE FLUID IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS RESEMBLING SURGICAL SHOCK AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDYAnnals of Surgery, 106
M. Mciver (1933)
A STUDY IN EXTENSIVE CUTANEOUS BURNSAnnals of Surgery, 97
W. Cole, R. Elman (1939)
Textbook of general surgeryAmerican Journal of Surgery, 53
Of the 5,000 deaths each year in the United States attributed to the effect of severe burns, many could undoubtedly be avoided by adequate replacement therapy in this serious type of injury. An excellent clinical lecture on the treatment of burns is the recent one by McClure;1 he has discussed the various theories of the etiology of death, among which are hepatic insufficiency, infection, toxemia, adrenal insufficiency and, finally, the theory which explains most of the general manifestations on the idea that there is an extensive loss of protein. It is this last aspect of the problem which I believe is the most important and which I wish to emphasize. This is of particular practical importance since it concerns the type and amount of fluids that are administered to a severely burned patient. It will be part of my purpose to present observations indicating that the type of fluid
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Jan 18, 1941
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