Accession Number:

ADA289627

Title:

Infectious Complications After Burn Injury,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY INST OF SURGICAL RESEARCH FORT SAMHOUSTON TX

Personal Author(s):

• Mozingo, David W.
• Pruitt, Basil A., Jr

Report Date:

1994-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Since the inception of organized burn care nearly 50 years ago, infections complicating the care of thermally injured patients have been recognized as a major source of morbidity and mortality. The control of invasive infection and burn wound sepsis and improvements in the general care of these critically ill patients have resulted in unsurpassed survival even so, infection remains the most frequent cause of death in these severely injured patients.

Descriptors:

• *PATIENTS
• *INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• *BURNS(INJURIES)
• CONTROL
• SOURCES
• BACTERIA
• TOXICITY
• SURVIVAL(GENERAL)
• ILLNESS
• WOUNDS AND INJURIES
• MEDICAL SERVICES
• DEATH
• SEPSIS
• MORBIDITY
• SKIN GRAFTS

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research
• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE