A History of Burn Care

Leopoldo C. Cancio; Steven E. Wolf

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-18940-2_1

A History of Burn Care

Leopoldo C. Cancio
, Steven E. Wolf

Surgery

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Remarkable progress in burn care since WWII has resulted in a doubling of postburn survival for young patients in modern burn centers. This success story was the result, above all, of the integration of laboratory and clinical research at institutes devoted to improving the care of these most challenging patients. The advances in care included multidisciplinary burn teams, fluid resuscitation, wound care, surgery, inhalation injury, nutritional requirements, metabolic support, and rehabilitation. Understanding the relative impact of these innovations on outcomes can help us to determine how to improve care in more austere health care systems. Understanding how these innovations were achieved is essential if we are to continue to innovate successfully in this field.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Handbook of Burns Volume 1
Subtitle of host publication	Acute Burn Care, Second Edition 2020
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	3-16
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030189402
ISBN (Print)	9783030189396
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18940-2_1
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

Burns
Fire disasters
History of medicine
Military personnel
Outcomes

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General Medicine

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