Greenhalgh DG, Saffle JR, Holmes JH 4th, Gamelli RL, Palmieri TL, Horton JW, Tompkins RG, Traber DL, Mozingo DW, Deitch EA, Goodwin CW, Herndon DN, Gallagher JJ, Sanford AP, Jeng JC, Ahrenholz DH, Neely AN, O'Mara MS, Wolf SE, Purdue GF, Garner WL, Yowler CJ, Latenser BA, American Burn Association Consensus Conference on Burn Sepsis and Infection Group., et al.
Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association. Date of publication 2007 Nov 1;volume 28(6):776-90.
1. J Burn Care Res. 2007 Nov-Dec;28(6):776-90.
American Burn Association consensus conference to define sepsis and infection in
burns.
Greenhalgh DG(1), Saffle JR, Holmes JH 4th, Gamelli RL, Palmieri TL, Horton JW,
Tompkins RG, Traber DL, Mozingo DW, Deitch EA, Goodwin CW, Herndon DN, Gallagher
JJ, Sanford AP, Jeng JC, Ahrenholz DH, Neely AN, O'Mara MS, Wolf SE, Purdue GF,
Garner WL, Yowler CJ, Latenser BA; American Burn Association Consensus Conference
on Burn Sepsis and Infection Group.
Author information:
(1)Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis and Shriners Hospitals
for Children Northern California, Sacramento, California 95817, USA.
Because of their extensive wounds, burn patients are chronically exposed to
inflammatory mediators. Thus, burn patients, by definition, already have
"systemic inflammatory response syndrome." Current definitions for sepsis and
infection have many criteria (fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, leukocytosis) that
are routinely found in patients with extensive burns, making these current
definitions less applicable to the burn population. Experts in burn care and
research, all members of the American Burn Association, were asked to review the
literature and prepare a potential definition on one topic related to sepsis or
infection in burn patients. On January 20, 2007, the participants met in Tucson,
Arizona to develop consensus for these definitions. After review of the
definitions, a summary of the proceedings was prepared. The goal of the consensus
conference was to develop and publish standardized definitions for sepsis and
infection-related diagnoses in the burn population. Standardized definitions will
improve the capability of performing more meaningful multicenter trials among
burn centers.
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181599bc9
PMID: 17925660 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
