Burn wound conversion: clinical implications for the treatment of severe burns

• Published in: Journal of wound care Vol. 32; no. Sup5; p. S11
• Main Authors: Asuku, Malachy, Shupp, Jeffrey W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Bacterial Infections; Brain Ischemia; Burns - therapy; Humans; Stroke; Wound Healing - physiology; burn; oncosis; wound; wound care; wound healing; wound dressing; clinical interventions; burn pathophysiology; inflammation; apoptosis; burn wound conversion

The identification of novel treatments for severe burn wounds relies on accurate clinical assessments of the extent of injury. However, evaluation of burn wound depth can be challenging due to the tendency for burn wounds to progress over time in a little-understood process known as 'burn wound...