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Thermal (Heat or Fire) Burns (cont.)

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Author: John P. Cunha, DO

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Previous contributing Authors and Editors:

Author: Michael Walters, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospitals.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.

References: American Burn Association


Last Editorial Review: 8/15/2007

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