title: Burns in children: standard and new treatments.
abstract: Outcomes of patients with burns have improved substantially over the past two decades. Findings from a 2012 study in The Lancet showed that a burn size of more than 60% total body surface area burned (an increase from 40% a decade ago) is associated with risks and mortality. Similar data have been obtained in adults and elderly people who have been severely burned. We discuss recent and future developments in burn care to improve outcomes of children.
authors.affiliation: Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada; Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: marc.jeschke@sunnybrook.ca.
authors.forename: Marc G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Jeschke
authors.affiliation: Shriners Hospitals for Children and Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Herndon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001684:Biological Dressings; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D054445:Facial Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D015208:Smoke Inhalation Injury / Q000628:therapy; D058106:Wound Closure Techniques
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