Citation

Hyland EJ, Holland AJ. Transl. Pediatr. 2015; 4(3): 201-202.

Affiliation

1 Children's Hospital's Burns Research Institute, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia ; 2 Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, AME Publishing)

DOI

10.3978/j.issn.2224-4336.2015.06.04

PMID

26835374

PMCID

PMC4729060

Abstract

In developed countries, in the twenty-first century, severe, large total body surface area (TBSA) burn injuries in children are rare. Prevention campaigns, education and public health interventions have significantly decreased the number of children sustaining burn injuries as well as the severity of such injuries. Many technological medical and surgical advances have been developed in burn care over the past several decades, increasing survival. Despite these interventions, long-term survival post burn injury may still be significantly reduced.

Language: en