Management of extensive burns in children.

2723 children were treated in the Burn Department of the Pediatric Clinical Hospital No. 9, Moscow, during 3 years (1986-1988), among them 1465 children being under 3 years of age. Since 1985, the Department has been using the beds of "Clinitron" type, 79 children (3 months-14 years of age) with extensive burns having been treated on the Clinitron beds with air-fluidized pillows. During the treatment, the children received the usual therapy accepted in the Department. The use of the air-pillows beds promoted rapid drying of the wounds, accelerated epithelialization of the superficial burns, reduced the periods of the wound preparation for autodermoplasty for deep burns, prevented rejection and lysis of the replanted grafts.