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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 16. Environmental Injuries > |
Chapter 210. Thermal Burns
Sections: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, Specific Issues, Inhalation Injury, Treatment, Special Populations, Injury Prevention, References.
Topics Discussed: burns.
Excerpt:"The American Burn Association estimates that 500,000 individuals
are treated for burns in the U.S. annually. Of these, 40,000 require
hospitalization.1 Thus, the majority of burn patients
are treated and discharged from the ED to be followed as outpatients.
More than 60% of those hospitalized are admitted to the
125 specialized burn treatment centers, and the others are cared
for in community hospitals. Fire and burn deaths account for about
4000 deaths each year.1..."
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