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Although there have been tremendous strides in the advancement of burn wound management, thermal injuries still affect approximately one million children in the Unites States per year and are a continued source of major morbidity and mortality. Burn injuries are responsible for nearly 2,500 childhood deaths per year.
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Kennedy, A.P. (2014). Burns. In: Coppola, C., Kennedy, Jr., A., Scorpio, R. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04340-1_16
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