Pediatric burn resuscitation: past, present, and future

Burns & Trauma

Table 1 Adult formulas for burn fluid resuscitation

Formula	Crystalloid	Colloid	Glucose	Instructions for administration
Cope and Moore	75 ml/%TBSA burn oral electrolyte replacement solution	75 ml/%TBSA burn FFP	2000 ml fruit juice PO or 2000 ml 5% dextrose IV	Half over the first 8 h, half over the second 16 h
Evans	1 ml/kg/%TBSA burn of NS	1 ml/kg/%TBSA burn FFP	2000 ml 5% dextrose	Half over the first 8 h, half over the second 16 h
Brooke	1.5 ml/kg/%TBSA burn of LR	0.5 ml/kg/%TBSA burn FFP	2000 ml 5% dextrose	Half over first 8 h, half over second 16 h
Gelin	None	<30% TBSA burn: 2 ml/kg/%TBSA burn of low molecular weight dextran 30–60%TBSA: 2.5 ml/kg/%TBSA burn of low molecular weight dextran >60% 3 ml/kg/%TBSA burn of low molecular weight dextran	None	Half over the first 8 h, half the over second 16 h
Parkland	4 ml/kg/%TBSA burn of LR	None	None	Half over the first 8 h, half over the second 16 h
Revised Brooke	3 ml/kg/%TBSA burn of LR	None	None	Half over the first 8 h, half over the second 16 h

%TBSA percent total body surface area, NS normal saline, LR lactated Ringer’s, FFP fresh frozen plasma

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