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ReviewEuropean burn journal2024

Diagnosis and Treatment of Infections in the Burn Patient.

David G Greenhalgh, John L Kiley

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Review in European burn journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David G GreenhalghBurn Department, Shriners Children's Northern California, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9998-8714
John L KileyInfectious Disease Service Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1726-1699

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection is very common in burn patients because they lose the primary barrier from microorganism invasion, the skin. While there are attempts to prevent infections, topical antimicrobials and systemic prophylaxis tend to lead to more resistant organisms. After the initial resuscitation, the most common cause of death is from sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The diagnosis is difficult in the burn population because the constant exposure from the open wound leads to an inflammatory response that leads to persistent hypermetabolism. This paper reviews the current understanding and treatment of infection and sepsis in burns.

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antimicrobialsburnshospital acquired infectionsinfectionsepsisseptic shock

Identifiers

PMID39599952
PMCPMC11544804

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