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Review
. 2012 Dec;38(8):1096-108.
doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.10.002. Epub 2012 Oct 12.

The year in burns 2011

Steven E Wolf  1 , Brett D Arnoldo
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Review

The year in burns 2011

Steven E Wolf et al. Burns. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

For 2011, approximately 1746 original research articles in burns were published in English in scientific journals. This article reviews those with the most potential impact on for burn therapeutics and outcomes according to the Editor of one of the major journals (Burns) and his colleague. As done previously, articles were found and divided into these topic areas: epidemiology of injury and burn prevention, wound and scar characterisation, acute care and critical care, inhalation injury, infection, psychological considerations, pain and itching management, rehabilitation and long-term outcomes, and burn reconstruction. Each selected article is mentioned briefly with editorial comment.

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