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To review modern management goals for burn care, focusing on cosmetic recovery, functional preservation, and major physiological challenges.

June 12, 2019New England Journal of Medicine

Management of Burns

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To review modern management goals for burn care, focusing on cosmetic recovery, functional preservation, and major physiological challenges.
Evaluation of clinical priorities in acute burn care, centered on cutaneous wound management and smoke inhalation-induced pulmonary toxicity.
Review of systemic supportive interventions, particularly fluid resuscitation and metabolic management strategies.
Advances in targeted fluid and metabolic support have significantly improved patient survival following major burn injuries.
Skin care and the pulmonary toxic effects of smoke inhalation remain the two predominant clinical challenges determining long-term functional and cosmetic outcomes.

Implication

Clinical review demonstrates improved survival in burn patients, highlighting the critical role of metabolic support and lung protection.

Abstract

The current goal in the care of patients with burns is to improve functional and cosmetic outcomes. Skin care and the toxic effects of smoke inhalation on the lungs are the two major clinical issues. Advances in fluid and metabolic support have improved survival.

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David G. Greenhalgh (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7c32105ee2ba81dbedb7f https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1807442

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Clinical review demonstrates improved survival in burn patients, highlighting the critical role of metabolic support and lung protection.

Management of Burns

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