Journal article
Impaired Immune Response in Elderly Burn Patients
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Comparing the inflammatory and immunological trajectories in burned adults versus burned elderly patients to gain novel insights and better understanding why elderly have poor outcomes.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Despite receiving the same treatment and clinical consideration as all other burn patients, elderly patients continue to have substantially poorer outcomes compared with adults. In light of an aging population, gaining a …
Authors
Stanojcic M; Chen P; Xiu F; Jeschke MG
Journal
Annals of Surgery, Vol. 264, No. 1, pp. 195–202
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
July 2016
DOI
10.1097/sla.0000000000001408
ISSN
0003-4932