1st order laboratory parameters – obligatory laboratory tests.
- Small blood count
- Inflammatory parameters – CRP (C-reactive protein).
- Electrolytes – calcium, chloride, potassium, magnesium, sodium, phosphate ↓
- Fasting glucose (fasting blood glucose).
- Blood gas analysis (ABG); including carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in arterial ABG for detection of carbon monoxide intoxication
- Total protein, albumin
- Urea i. Serum [> 35: increased protein catabolism].
- Liver parameters – alanine aminotransferase (ALT, GPT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST, GOT), glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (gamma-GT, GGT).
- Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
- Renal parameters – urea, creatinine, cystatin C or creatinine clearance, as appropriate.
- Coagulation parameters – PTT, Quick, fibrinogen.
- Blood grouping (should be done already in the shock room).
- Zinc
- Swabs from the burn wounds and from wound swabs, secretions and catheter material – for bacteriological examination.
