Burn Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Anthony G Charles; Jared Gallaher; Bruce A Cairns

doi:10.1016/j.cps.2017.02.007

Burn Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Clin Plast Surg. 2017 Jul;44(3):479-483. doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2017.02.007. Epub 2017 Apr 14.

Authors

Anthony G Charles¹, Jared Gallaher², Bruce A Cairns²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4008 Burnett Womack Building, CB 7228, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: anthchar@med.unc.edu.
² Department of Surgery, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4004 Burnett Womack Building, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

PMID: 28576236
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2017.02.007

Abstract

This article examines the societal impact of thermal injury in low- and middle-income countries. The authors describe the unique challenges of these health care systems in providing care for burned patients, focusing on resuscitation, excision and grafting, rehabilitation, and reconstruction.

Keywords: Burn care; Global burden of disease; Low- and middle-income countries; Societal impact.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Burns / surgery
Burns / therapy*
Delivery of Health Care
Developing Countries
Humans