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The incidence of burn injury has declined steadily over the past several decades in the United States and in some other developed countries. In-hospital fatality rates have also declined and are now only about 4 percent among patients with major injuries who are treated in specialized burn units.^1,2 Despite this declining incidence, about 1.25 million persons are still treated for burns annually in the United States, and 50,000 are hospitalized each year for the treatment of burns.³ Seventy-five percent of those hospitalized have burns covering less than 10 percent of the body-surface area.¹ Such burns rarely cause hemodynamic problems or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Burn Shock

Pathophysiology

Fluid Resuscitation

Adjuvant Colloid

Hypertonic Saline

Inhalation Injury

Newer Treatments

Burn-Wound Management

Topical Therapy

Care of Shallow Burns

Surgical Treatment of Deep Burns

Treatment of Extensive Deep Burns

Alternatives for Wound Closure

Source Information

From the Department of Surgery and the Burn, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care Section, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Monafo at Washington University School of Medicine, One Barnes Hospital Plaza, Suite 6104, Queeny Tower, St. Louis, MO 63110.

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