Candida burn wound sepsis: The “holy trinity” of management

Over the past few decades, survival following severe burn injury has been substantially improved with fatal outcome nearly exclusively observed among the elderly, patient with extreme (>85%) total burnt surface area or patients suffering from inhalation injury necessitating mechanical ventilation (Ryan et al., 1998; Brusselaers et al., 2005; Belgian Outcome in Burn Injury Study Group, 2009). The more severely burned cases are especially at risk of additional complications, adding substantial morbidity.

Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - March 13, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Dimitrios K. Matthaiou, Stijn Blot, Despoina Koulenti Tags: Editorial Source Type: research