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Queimaduras cutâneas

Last reviewed: 28 Nov 2025
Last updated: 15 Apr 2025

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • eritema
  • queimaduras secas e dolorosas
  • queimaduras úmidas e dolorosas
  • queimaduras secas e insensíveis
  • queimaduras que afetam tecido subcutâneo, tendões ou ossos
  • celulite
  • córnea turva
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Risk factors

  • crianças pequenas
  • idade >60 anos
  • sexo feminino (queimaduras térmicas)
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • hemograma completo
  • perfil metabólico
  • carboxi-hemoglobina
  • gasometria arterial
  • coloração por fluoresceína
  • tomografia computadorizada de crânio e coluna
  • cultura de biópsia da lesão
  • histologia da lesão
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

adequado para tratamento ambulatorial

requer hospitalização

Contributors

Authors

Rob Sheridan, MD

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Cambridge

MA

Disclosures

RS is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Ravi Ubriani, MD, FAAD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology

Columbia University

New York

NY

Disclosures

RU declares that he has no competing interests.

Chris Tedeschi, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Department of Emergency Medicine

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York

NY

Disclosures

CT declares that he has no competing interests.

Chad M. Hivnor, Major, USAF, MC, FS

Chief

Outpatient & Pediatric Dermatology

59th Medical Wing/ SGOMD

Lackland Air Force Base

San Antonio

TX

Disclosures

CMH declares that he has no competing interests.

Dean D. Ad-El, MD

Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit

Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital

Sackler Faculty of Medicine

Tel-Aviv University

Director of Plastic Surgery Services

Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

Petach Tikvah

Israel

Disclosures

DDAE participated as one of the moderators in a course in IMCAS, Paris in January 2009.

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References

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Key articles

American Burn Association. Advanced burn life support course: provider manual 2018 update. 2018 [internet publication].Full text

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. International first aid, resuscitation, and education guidelines. 2020 [internet publication].Full text

American Burn Association, American College of Surgeons. Guidelines for the operation of burn centers. J Burn Care Res. 2007 Jan-Feb;28(1):134-41. Abstract

Cartotto R, Johnson LS, Savetamal A, et al. American Burn Association Clinical Practice Guidelines on burn shock resuscitation. J Burn Care Res. 2024 May 6;45(3):565-89.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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