Using the Parkland formula for fluid resuscitation and your knowledge of injury calculations using the "rule of nines," calculate the estimated fluid requirements during the first 8 hours for a 75-kg patient with full-thickness burns to the anterior chest,perineum,and entire right leg.

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In a 75-kg person with a 37% burn injury (based on a rule of nines calculation: 18%-chest,1%-perineum,18%-right leg = 37% total body surface area [TBSA] burn),the Parkland formula estimates fluid resuscitation needs at 4 mL ´ 37 ´ 75 = 11,100 mL.In the first 8 hours after injury,half of the calculated amount of fluid is administered.This amount equals 5550 mL.

Using the Parkland Formula for Fluid Resuscitation and Your Knowledge