TY - JOUR
AU - Saffle, Jeffrey R.
AB - Clinical Research in Burns: State of the Science, 2006 Jeffrey R. Saffle, MD, FACS Tremendous progress in burn treatment has been exposed in objective knowledge by rigorous testing of achieved in the past several decades, much of it the best practices. result of clinical research. Effective fluid resuscitation, As the burn care community entered this modern topical antibiotics, early surgical excision and graft- era, it appeared unprepared to keep pace with new ing, customized nutritional and metabolic support, demands for objectivity. Many of the most widely critical care, and rehabilitation all have progressed to accepted concepts in burn care appear to be based, at the point that very few burn patients die, and the burn best, on the consensus of experts. A review by Childs care community is now turning its efforts to measur- in 1998 found relatively few good-quality random- ing and improving the quality of life for survivors. ized controlled trials (RCTs) in burn care. She con- In the face of these achievements, it may seem at cluded that “There is little evidence that burn care is an evidence-based practice.” This finding further en- first glance unnecessary to evaluate the current state couraged the burn care community, 
TI - Clinical Research in Burns: State of the Science, 2006
JF - Journal of Burn Care & Research
DO - 10.1097/BCR.0B013E318093DEDE
DA - 2007-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/clinical-research-in-burns-colon-state-of-the-science-2006-UQ9pf8SaMb
SP - 546
EP - 548
VL - 28
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -