Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns
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Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi · Oct 2008
Review[Experiences in rescue and treatment of mass burn casualties in fifty years].
The article reviewed the history and the main experiences of rescue of mass burn casualties and their treatment during the past fifty years in China. Some issues including medical support for mass burn casually and treatment regime in future, such as the prevention of burn calamities, further elevation of the cure rate and lowering in the rate of disability, further development in network of burn care and preliminary scheme of rescue of mass burn casualties and their treatment, accelerating the development and study on the substitutes of allo-skin graft were discussed.
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Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi · Oct 2008
Review[The pathogenesis and management of severe sepsis after burns].
Sepsis and septic shock as a result of an invasive infection are challenging problems in extensively burned patients, and frequently end in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). It is of great significance to further elucidate the pathogenetic mechanisms, and to seek novel intervention strategies to prevent and treat sepsis/MODS secondary to severe burns. ⋯ Once burn wound sepsis occurs, prompt removal of infected necrotic tissue is the key procedure to ensure a successful result. Further study is necessary to determine the precise mechanisms of these protective effects and the clinical advantages for postburn sepsis using evidence-based methodology system.
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Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi · Oct 2008
Review[Basic and clinical research in the field of burn wound healing].
The basic and clinical research in wound healing have made great progress in China in the past 50 years. The method of "intermingle skin transplantation" which was first advocated by surgeons of Ruijin Hospital in 1966 greatly reduced the amount of autologous donor skin, thus making the coverage of an extensive burn wound possible. This method is also known as "Chinese therapy". ⋯ Doctors of PLA 304 hospital found that excision of eschar on patients with extensive deep burn injury at early shock stage greatly decreased the occurrence of complications and mortality. Doctors of Ruijin Hospital reported that healing of deep second burn wound could be improved by tangential excision of burn eschar within 24 hours after burn injury. Doctors of Xiangya Hospital reported patients suffering from deep burns of the hands got satisfied functional restoration when treated with tangential excision of eschar while degraded dermal tissue could be retained with transplantation of autoskin grafts.
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Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi · Oct 2008
Review[Retrospection and recent advances in fluid resuscitation during burn shock stage].
To retrospect the development of fluid resuscitation for burn shock and to look to the future. The main achievements in burn care in the past fifty years and existing problems are summarized, and the appropriate regime of fluid resuscitation for burn shock is suggested. Numerous achievements in burn care have been made, including the estimation of burn area, fluid replenishment formula, delayed resuscitation, fluid resuscitation for burn shock complicated by inhalation injury, covert compensatory shock and research on mechanism of burn shock etc. ⋯ Effective treatment to alleviate hypoxic injuries as a result of severe shock had not been properly defined. Although significant achievements in fluid resuscitation for burn shock have been made, there is still a long way to go to attain a perfect regime. Therefore it is still utterly necessary to carry on in-depth research on this problem both in the laboratory and bedside.
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Inhalation injury is a major contributor to the morbidity and mortality associated with serious burns. The improvement in the understanding of smoke inhalation injury had been obtained in the last half century in China. The models of steam and smoke inhalation injury had been reproduced and a series of experimental studies had been performed. ⋯ The etiologic factors and the pathophysiologic changes in inhalation injury had been illustrated clearly. These basic science investigations had led to the advances in protective strategies for the complications of inhalation injury. Now the morbidity and mortality of inhalation injury have decreased markedly in China.