Role of Infection in Mortality from Severe Burns

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Abstract
IN previous publications from the Peru Project by Markley et al.1 the value of large quantities of saline solutions in the treatment of burn shock has been reported. Saline solutions administered in amounts of 15 per cent of body weight in forty-eight hours, largely by mouth, were found as effective as plasma in the treatment of burn shock in adults. However, in young children plasma in addition to saline solution appeared superior to saline solutions alone, as far as both mortality from shock and delayed deaths were concerned.Although modern methods of treatment of shock have reduced the acute mortality . . .