title: Survival and therapy of burn patients at the threshold of the twenty-first century: a review.
abstract: This review summarizes the progress achieved in care of burned patients over the last half century by analyzing the most significant results published between 1949 and 1995. Improved survival has paralleled the development of new antibiotics as well as major advances in resuscitation, nutritional support, immunomodulating agents, surgical techniques and wound care. Today the average burn size associated with a 50% mortality breakpoint is about 70% of the total body surface area--a notable increase over figures from the past.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Periti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Donati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents