Pathophysiologic Response to Burns in the Elderly

Pathophysiologic Response to Burns in the Elderly

Over the last decades advancements have improved survival and outcomes of severely burned patients except one population, elderly. The Lethal Dose 50 (LD50) burn size in elderly has remained the same over the past three decades, and so has morbidity and mortality, despite the increased demand for el...

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Main Authors: Marc G. Jeschke, David Patsouris, Mile Stanojcic, Abdikarim Abdullahi, Sarah Rehou, Ruxandra Pinto, Peter Chen, Marjorie Burnett, Saeid Amini-Nik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Subjects:
Elderly
Burn
Inflammasome
Inflammation
Hypermetabolism
Morbidity
Mortality
Pathophysiologic response
Stem cell
Skin healing
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235239641530092X

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