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Emergency Room and Acute Care of the Critically Ill Burned Patient

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Intensive Care Medicine

Part of the book series: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((YEARBOOK,volume 2007))

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Abstract

The natural history of serious burns is characterized by burn shock, which can be fatal within the first few hours to days, particularly in those with untreated large burns. Burn wound sepsis is the major cause of mortality among those who survive the burn shock. Survival and outcome after major burn injury have improved over the last 20 years due to improved understanding of the pathophysiologic nature of burn injury, better resuscitation, and advances in control of post-burn sepsis including early, aggressive surgical treatment [1].

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Bittner, E., Grecu, L., Martyn, J.A.J. (2007). Emergency Room and Acute Care of the Critically Ill Burned Patient. In: Intensive Care Medicine. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 2007. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49433-1_69

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