Citation

Sen S, Palmieri T, Greenhalgh D. J. Burn Care Res. 2015; 36(6): 587-594.

Affiliation

From the Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Shriner's Hospital Northern California, Sacramento.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Burn Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/BCR.0000000000000289

PMID

26204384

Abstract

Management of burn injuries requires treatments and interventions from many disciplines. Worldwide, burn patients suffer from physical and psychological challenges that impact their lives socially and economically. In this review, we will highlight a handful of the numerous articles published in multiple areas of burn care. The areas of burn care addressed in the article are: epidemiology; burn resuscitation, critical care, and infection; nutrition and metabolism; pain and rehabilitation; prevention and firefighter safety; psychology; and reconstruction and wounds.

Language: en