Accession Number:
AD0644728
Title:
STUDIES IN THE NATURE AND CONTROL OF SEPSIS IN THERMAL AND COMBINED THERMAL-IRRADIATION INJURIES.
Descriptive Note:
Annual rept.,
Corporate Author:
CINCINNATI UNIV OHIO COLL OF MEDICINE
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Report Date:
1966-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
83.0
Abstract:
Investigations were conducted on the following topics 1 Significance of the changing bacterial flora in severe burns. 2 Studies on the influence of the immune response upon morbidity and mortality in experimental and clinical burns. 3 Studies on the effectiveness of early excision on mortality and morbidity of burn patients. 4 Frequency, nature, and significance of the non-sporulating anaerobic bacteria in burn sepsis and studies of the mechanisms of synergism demonstrated by these organisms in polymicrobic infections. 5 Studies of the response and natural course of the burn wound in germ-free animals given a standard burn and maintained in a germ-free environment. 6 Continuing clinical and laboratory studies of all patients treated on the burn service of the Cincinnati General Hospital. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Medicine and Medical Research