Table 4.

Major Preoperative Concerns for Burn Patients

Age of patient	Elapsed time from injury
Extent of burn injury (total body surface area, depth, and location)	Associated injuries
Mechanism of injury	Presence of infection
Inhalational injury and/or lung dysfunction	Coexisting diseases
Airway patency	Immunedysfunction
Hematologic issues	Altered drug responses
Adequacy of resuscitation	Magnitude of surgical plan
Presence of organ dysfunction	Difficult vascular access
Gastric stasis	Altered mental states