TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Rehabilitation of the Burned Individual
A1  - Saulsbery, Carla M.
A1  - Abney, Shannon B.
A2  - McCulloch, Joseph M.
A2  - Kloth, Luther C.
PY  - 2010
T2  - Wound Healing Evidence-Based Management, 4e
AB  - There  have  been  major  advances  in  the  medical,  surgical,  and  rehabilitative  treatment  of  burn  injuries  over  the  past  several  decades.1  Burns  over  more  than  30%  of  a  patient's  total  body  surface  area  (TBSA)  were  uniformly  fatal  approximately  25  to  30  years  ago.  Today,  about  12%  of  those  who  sustain  burns  of  this  magnitude  die.  With  current  methods  of  burn  care,  patients  are  increasingly  surviving  larger  and  more  debilitating  burns.  The  main  objective  and  primary  measure  of  success  in  the  quality  of  burn  care  has  shifted  from  survival  per  se  to  restoration  of  the  patient's  preinjury  level  of  function,  with  the  best  possible  cosmesis.  Achieving  this  objective  requires  involvement  of  an  entire  burn  care  team,  including  highly  trained  and  knowledgeable  physical  and  occupational  therapists.  Of  all  the  different  and  challenging  processes  that  a  burn  patient  undergoes,  rehabilitation  lasts  the  longest  because  it  begins  on  the  day  of  injury  and  never  truly  ends.2  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184833011
ER  -