Oral Rehydration therapy in moderately burned children

ABSTRACT

The resuscitation of children with more than 10% BSA burn requires the administration of fluids containing salts and water during the first 48 hours. The magic effect of oral rehydration salt known as [Rehydran-n] in the treatment of children suffering from diarrhea imposed the idea to try it in the resuscitation of moderately burned children. Children with burns from 10% to 20% BSA were chosen for this study; twenty cases received oral rehydration solution according to a special protocol and twenty cases resuscitated by the intravenous route using Parkland formula as a control group. Hematocrit, HB%, serum Na and K were measured in addition to the assessment of clinical picture and determination of the urine volume/hour to evaluate the efficiency of oral rehydration therapy in resuscitation. The results were highly encouraging