Citation

Jeschke MG, Herndon DN. Lancet 2014; 383(9923): 1168-1178.

Affiliation

Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada; Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: marc.jeschke@sunnybrook.ca.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61093-4

PMID

24034453

Abstract

Outcomes of patients with burns have improved substantially over the past two decades. Findings from a 2012 study in The Lancet showed that a burn size of more than 60% total body surface area burned (an increase from 40% a decade ago) is associated with risks and mortality. Similar data have been obtained in adults and elderly people who have been severely burned. We discuss recent and future developments in burn care to improve outcomes of children.

Language: en