[Modern burn care].

This paper is intended to present an approach to the modern care of burns out of the experience of a dermatological burn unit for the dermatologist in the outpatient clinic. It is the first burn unit in Austria.

[Local therapy of extensive severe burns: an illustrative review (author's transl)].

Apart from improvements in general management, the implementation of modern local therapy of burns, including topical chemotherapy and early surgical coverage of the burned surface, has significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality of severely burned patients. Furthermore, the average time of hospitalization has decreased (for example: 3rd degree burn, 60% of body surface involved, hospitalization in 1953: 11 months; in 1974: 5 1/2 months) and the rehabilitation period has also been shortened. This paper deals with current management at this department in respect to the local treatment of extensive 3rd degree burns.

[The present stand of knowledge in the general treatment of burns: a review (author's transl)].

This review article reports the present stand of knowledge in regard to recent therapeutic developments in the general management of severe burns. Especial emphasis is placed on the importance of parenteral nutrition, qualitatively and quantitatively correct fluid replacement and acidosis phrophylaxis or early, specific treatment of acidosis for survial.