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Burn Teams and Burn Centers: The Importance of a Comprehensive Team Approach to Burn Care

Abstract

Remarkable advances in burn care have been made over recent decades, and it is recognized that the organized efforts of burn teams are required to continue enhancing survival rates and quality of life for patients. Patients with major burns are unique, representing one of the most severe models of trauma, and therefore necessitate treatment in the best specialized facilities available for that endeavor. Burn centers have developed to meet these …

Authors

Al-Mousawi AM; Mecott-Rivera GA; Jeschke MG; Herndon DN

Journal

Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 547–554

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

October 2009

DOI

10.1016/j.cps.2009.05.015

ISSN

0094-1298