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A History of Burn Care

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Remarkable progress in burn care since WWII has resulted in a doubling of postburn survival for young patients in modern burn centers. This success story was the result, above all, of the integration of laboratory and clinical research at institutes devoted to improving the care of these most challenging patients. The advances in care included multidisciplinary burn teams, fluid resuscitation, wound care, surgery, inhalation injury, nutritional requirements, metabolic support, and rehabilitation. Understanding the relative impact of these innovations on outcomes can help us to determine how to improve care in more austere health care systems. Understanding how these innovations were achieved is essential if we are to continue to innovate successfully in this field.

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The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors, and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.

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    Steven E. Wolf

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    Lars-Peter Kamolz

  3. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Folke Sjöberg

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    Steven E. Wolf

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Cancio, L.C., Wolf, S.E. (2020). A History of Burn Care. In: Jeschke, M., Kamolz, LP., Sjöberg, F., Wolf, S. (eds) Handbook of Burns Volume 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18940-2_1

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