Burns
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 386-388 , 1 June 2001

The acute febrile response to burn injury in children may be modified by the type of intravenous fluid used during resuscitation — observations using fresh frozen plasma (FFP) or Hartmann's solution

  • Charmaine Childs

      Affiliations

    • MRC Trauma Group, NWIRC, Clincal Sciences Building, Hope Hospital, Eccles Old Road, Salford M6 8HD, UK
    • Regional Paediatric Burns Unit, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-161-7874458; fax: +44-161-7079708
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  • Anthony Renshaw

      Affiliations

    • Regional Paediatric Burns Unit, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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  • Ken W Dunn

      Affiliations

    • Regional Paediatric Burns Unit, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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  • Peter J Davenport

      Affiliations

    • Regional Paediatric Burns Unit, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK

,Accepted 11 September 2000.

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Burns
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