Open AccessCurrent Treatment of Severely Burned Patients
Author(s) -
Thuan T. Nguyen,
David Gilpin,
Nicholas Meyer,
David N. Herndon
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199601000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , hypermetabolism , intensive care medicine , resuscitation , sepsis , clinical trial , burn injury , septic shock , surgery , anesthesia
The authors provide an update on a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of severely burned patients. A review of studies and clinical trials from the past to the present include fluid resuscitation, sepsis, immune function, hypermetabolism, early excision, wound healing, scar formation, and inhalation injury.