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A thermal burn is essentially an inflammatory process which, if severe enough, can elicite not only local damage but a wide spectrum of systemic manifestations accompanied by life-threatening complications.
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Linares, H.A. (1991). Sepsis, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Multiorgan Failure: Catastrophic Events in Severe Burns. In: Schlag, G., Redl, H., Siegel, J.H., Traber, D.L. (eds) Shock, Sepsis, and Organ Failure. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76511-7_15
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