Immunity of the Burned Patient
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Vol. 21 (3) , 317-321
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02844318709086471
Abstract
The study of mortality in severe burns shows very clearly that most patients die because of septic problems. Surgery and intensive care in burn patients are actually well established, but the fight against infection and septicemia is still difficult. The risk arises due to poor host defence, leading to an unfair struggle and very often ending in death. Today it has become necessary for every burn surgeon and plastic surgeon to understand why this immune depression occurs and how it can be prevented or treated.Keywords
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