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Outpatient burn care

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Handbook of Burns

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Burns are one of the most frequently-occurring types of injuries. Estimates place the number of burn victims in the United States at 1.25 million annually, 40,000 of which require inpatient treatment at a hospital [1]. Other sources write that the US has 700,000 burn victims annually, with 35,000 hospital visits. Both sources show that the percentage of victims with severe injuries requiring inpatient care is around 5%. The figures are similar in Germany. With a total of 350,000 burn victims and 15,000 inpatient cases, the ratio here is 4.3 % [2].

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  1. Zentrum für Schwerbrandverletzte mit Plastischer Chirurgie, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Warener Straße 7, 12683, Berlin, Germany

    Dr. med. Bernd Hartmann

  2. Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie, Intensiveinheit für Schwerbrandverletzte, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

    Christian Ottomann

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  1. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Marc G. Jeschke M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Plastische, Aesthetische und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

    Lars-Peter Kamolz M.D., M.Sc.

  3. Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

    Folke Sjöberg M.D., Ph.D.

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

    Folke Sjöberg M.D., Ph.D.

  5. Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA

    Steven E. Wolf M.D.

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Hartmann, B., Ottomann, C. (2012). Outpatient burn care. In: Jeschke, M.G., Kamolz, LP., Sjöberg, F., Wolf, S.E. (eds) Handbook of Burns. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0348-7_27

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