title: A clarion to recommit and reaffirm burn rehabilitation.
abstract: Burn rehabilitation has been a part of burn care and treatment for many years. Yet, despite of its longevity, the rehabilitation outcome of patients with severe burns is less than optimal and appears to have leveled off. Patient survival from burn injury is at an all-time high. Burn rehabilitation must progress to the point where physical outcomes parallel survival statistics in terms of improved patient well-being. This position article is a treatise on burn rehabilitation and the state of burn rehabilitation patient outcomes. It describes burn rehabilitation interventions in brief and why a need is felt to bring this issue to the forefront. The article discusses areas for change and the challenges facing burn rehabilitation. Finally, the relegation and acceptance of this responsibility are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Burn Rehabilitation Department, Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Reginald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: Travis L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hedman
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Quick
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Barillo
authors.forename: Leopoldo C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Cancio
authors.forename: Evan M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Renz
authors.forename: Ted T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dougherty
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Esselman
authors.forename: Lisa
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authors.lastname: Forbes-Duchart
authors.forename: Beth J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Franzen
authors.forename: Hope
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kowalske
authors.forename: Merilyn L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Dana Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Bernedette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nedelec
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niszczak
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Parry
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serghiou
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Holcomb
authors.forename: Steven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology