American Burn Association consensus conference to define sepsis and infection in burns.
Greenhalgh DG, Saffle JR, Holmes JH 4th, Gamelli RL, Palmieri TL, Horton JW, Tompkins RG, Traber DL, Mozingo DW, Deitch EA, Goodwin CW, Herndon DN, Gallagher JJ, Sanford AP, Jeng JC, Ahrenholz DH, Neely AN, O'Mara MS, Wolf SE, Purdue GF, Garner WL, Yowler CJ, Latenser BA; American Burn Association Consensus Conference on Burn Sepsis and Infection Group.
Greenhalgh DG, et al.
J Burn Care Res. 2007 Nov-Dec;28(6):776-90. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181599bc9.
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PMID: 17925660
Current definitions for sepsis and infection have many criteria (fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, leukocytosis) that are routinely found in patients with extensive burns, making these current definitions less applicable to the burn population. Experts in burn care and resear …
Current definitions for sepsis and infection have many criteria (fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, leukocytosis) that are routinely found in pa …