The treatment and management of massive burns, defined as burns affecting at least 50% of
total body surface area (TBSA), have considerably changed since the 1990s. This study …

Massive burn injuries are a unique patient population with unique treatment paradigms.
Data from 155 adult patients, admitted from 2009 to 2019, with> 50% total body surface area …

Objective: To identify treatment-related factors associated with mortality in massively burned
adult patients. Methods: This retrospective cohort study examined survival outcomes at a …

The continuum of care for burn patients consists of four overlapping phases:(1) initial
assessment and triage,(2) acute burn-shock resuscitation,(3) wound closure, and (4) …

Objective: Characterizing burn sizes that are associated with an increased risk of mortality
and morbidity is critical because it would allow identifying patients who might derive the …

BACKGROUND Burn-related mortality has decreased significantly over the past several
decades. Although often attributed in part to regionalization of burn care, this has not been …

Despite advances in burn care techniques, there remains a trend towards therapeutic failure
in patients who sustain burns in more than 60% total body surface area (TBSA). Predictors of …

Objective Burns represent a special form of severe trauma. Due to long hospitalization,
rehabilitation, and extensive scar treatment, severe burn injuries rank among the most …

Background The standard of burn treatment today reflects major advances. We sought to
quantitate the impact of these advances on burn survival via age-stratified mortality ratios …

Only a minority of burn injured patients will require intensive care unit (ICU) admission and
treatment. A burn is considered “major” when involving more than 20% BSA, with further …