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SUBMITTER: Klein MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4283803 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Klein Matthew B MB Goverman Jeremy J Hayden Douglas L DL Fagan Shawn P SP McDonald-Smith Grace P GP Alexander Andrew K AK Gamelli Richard L RL Gibran Nicole S NS Finnerty Celeste C CC Jeschke Marc G MG Arnoldo Brett B Wispelwey Bram B Mindrinos Michael N MN Xiao Wenzhong W Honari Shari E SE Mason Philip H PH Schoenfeld David A DA Herndon David N DN Tompkins Ronald G RG
Annals of surgery 20140501 5
<h4>Objective</h4>To determine and compare outcomes with accepted benchmarks in burn care at 6 academic burn centers.<h4>Background</h4>Since the 1960s, US morbidity and mortality rates have declined tremendously for burn patients, likely related to improvements in surgical and critical care treatment. We describe the baseline patient characteristics and well-defined outcomes for major burn injuries.<h4>Methods</h4>We followed 300 adults and 241 children from 2003 to 2009 through hospitalization ...[more]