Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Burns are dynamic injuries that tend to progress over the course of several days. Steroids inhibit the formation of vasoconstrictive prostanoids that may contribute to this progression of injury. The authors hypothesized that adding topical steroids to a standard antimicrobial agent would reduce the progression of burns and accelerate reepithelialization without increasing infection rates. ⋯ Addition of a potent topical steroid to standard antimicrobial topical agents does not reduce burn depth or accelerate reepithelialization after burns.