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In 2005, 11.8 million wounds were treated in emergency departments in the United States.¹ More than half a million burns and 7.3 million lacerations are treated annually,² and wounds caused by cutting or piercing instruments are responsible for an additional 2 million outpatient visits each year.³ The number of Americans who are bitten by an animal is estimated to be 4.7 million annually,⁴ and the number of skin tears in the elderly has been estimated at 1.5 million.⁵

General Principles of Care

In this article we describe our approach to the management of wounds. Wherever possible, our recommendations are based on randomized trials. However, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Abrasions

Post-Traumatic Tattooing

Lacerations

Skin Tears

Plantar Puncture Wounds

Mammalian Bites

Subungual Hematomas

Burns

Classification of Burns

Cooling of Burns

Management of Blisters

Local Therapy for Burns

Chemical Burns

Frostbite

Summary

Source Information

From the Department of Emergency Medicine (A.J.S.) and the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (A.B.D.), Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Singer at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, HSC L4-080, Stony Brook, NY 11794, or at adam.singer@stonybrook.edu.

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Management of Acute Cutaneous Wounds
Trautinger F., Guyot A., Lucet J.-C., Descamps V., Kaufman J. L., Singer A. J., Dagum A. B.
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N Engl J Med 2008; 359:2395-2396, Nov 27, 2008. Correspondence

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• Trautinger, F., Guyot, A., Lucet, J.-C., Descamps, V., Kaufman, J. L., Singer, A. J., Dagum, A. B. (2008). Management of Acute Cutaneous Wounds. NEJM 359: 2395-2396 [Full Text]