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Monday, February 24, 2003Two decades ago, burns over 50 percent of the body often meant death. At that time, doctors often added patients' ages to their burn percentage to calculate the chance of survival. So, a 40-year-old with 60 percent burn coverage would, by that formula, die. The odds have changed. ''You've taken something that was almost uniformly fatal and made it into something that we now expect we have a good chance to get the patient through this thing,'' said Cioffi. ''That's a pretty amazing thing when you can offer patients and their families this hope, when a few decades ago that wouldn't have been possible.' UPDATE: Here's a description of the Integra Dermal Template described in the article. (Includes an animated graphic that explains how it works.) posted by Sydney on 2/24/2003 07:42:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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