The changing face of burn care: the Adelaide Children's Hospital Burn Unit: 1960-1996.
There have been considerable changes in burn care since the inception of the Adelaide Children's Hospital Burn Unit in 1960, resulting in a marked improvement in both morbidity and mortality. A burn of 30% T.B.S.A. is no longer considered life threatening, whilst a burn of 80% T.B.S.A. is now not only expected to survive, but to have a satisfactory functional and cosmetic outcome. An outline of these changes, as reflected in a review of 37 years of care, is discussed with particular reference to the improvements in scar management.
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Dept. Paediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA, Australia.
D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013021:South Australia / Q000453:epidemiology