Burns: Surgical Perspective: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

burns, skin grafting, burn excision, partial-thickness burn, superficial partial-thickness burn, deep partial-thickness burn, full-thickness burn, electrical burn, frostbite, body surface area, BSA, thermal injury, child abuse, scald burn, scalding injury, flame burns, hypothermia, weeping blisters, frostbite, chemical burns, pulmonary failure, renal failure, hepatic failure

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Gail E Besner, MD, John E Wilson Endowed Professor of Neonatal Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, Ohio State University College of Medicine; Director, Pediatric Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Gail E Besner, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Burn Association, American College of Surgeons, American Gastroenterological Association, American Medical Association, American Medical Women's Association, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Surgical Oncology, and Society of University Surgeons
Disclosure: Trillium Therapeutics, Inc. Consulting fee Consulting; Trillium Therapeutics, Inc. Grant/research funds Other

Coauthor(s)

Iyore Amy Otabor, MD, Clinical Instructor House Staff, Department of General Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Iyore Amy Otabor, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Medical Student Association/Foundation, and Student National Medical Association
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Medical Editor

Denis Bensard, MD, Director, Pediatric Trauma, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Denver; Associate Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denis Bensard, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, and Society of University Surgeons
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Mary L Windle, PharmD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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Managing Editor

Michael G Caty, MD, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo; Consulting Staff, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Michael G Caty, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physician Executives, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, and Association for Surgical Education
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CME Editor

H Biemann Othersen Jr, MD, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Emeritus Head, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina
H Biemann Othersen Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, American Burn Association, American Cancer Society, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Pediatric Surgical Association, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, American Surgical Association, American Thoracic Society, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of Critical Care Medicine, South Carolina Medical Association, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Southern Medical Association, Southern Society for Pediatric Research, and Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
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Chief Editor

Harsh Grewal, MD, FACS, FAAP, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine; Chief, Section of Pediatric Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine
Harsh Grewal, MD, FACS, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Surgical Education, Children's Oncology Group, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, and Southwestern Surgical Congress
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