Barbara A. Latenser

Lactate: Early Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Severe BurnsKamolz L-P, Andel H, Schramm W, et al (Univ of Vienna; Univ of Texas, Galveston) Burns 31:986–990, 2005§

Quality of life and return to work following electrical burnsNoble J, Gomez M, Fish JS (Univ of Toronto) Burns 32:159–164, 2006§

Haemophilus Influenzae contributes to morbidity but not mortality in severely burned patientsVern TZ, Kowal-Vern A, Latenser BA, et al (Hope Children's Hosp, Oaklawn, Ill; John H Stroger, Jr Hosp of Cook County, Chicago; Univ of Iowa, Iowa City) Burns 32:458–462, 2006§

Admission Serum Lactate Levels Do Not Predict Mortality in the Acutely Injured PatientPal JD, Victorino GP, Twomey P, et al (Univ of California, San Francisco–East Bay, Oakland) J Trauma 60:583–589, 2006§

Current practice of thromboprophylaxis in the burn population: A survey study of 84 US burn centersFerguson REH, Critchfield A, LeClaire A, et al (Univ of Kentucky, Lexington) Burns 31:964–966, 2005§

Cultured Skin Substitutes Reduce Requirements for Harvesting of Skin Autograft for Closure of Excised, Full-Thickness BurnsBoyce ST, Kagan RJ, Greenhalgh DG, et al (Univ of Cincinnati, Ohio; Shriners Hosps for Children Northern California, Sacramento) J Trauma 60:821–829, 2006§

The use of cultured epithelial autograft in the treatment of major burn injuries: A critical review of the literatureWood FM, Kolybaba ML, Allen P (Univ of Western Australia, Perth; Clinical Cell Culture, Australia) Burns 32:395–401, 2006§

Percutaneous versus Conventional Tracheostomy in Burned Patients with Inhalation InjuryGravvanis AI, Tsoutsos DA, Iconomou TG, et al (Gen State Hosp of Athens, Greece) World J Surg 29:1571–1575, 2005§

Effect of blood transfusion on outcome after major burn injury: A multicenter studyPalmieri TL, for the American Burn Association Burn Multicenter Trials Group (Univ of California, Sacramento; et al) Crit Care Med 34:1602–1607, 2006§

Elevated cytokine levels in peritoneal fluid from burned patients with intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndromeKowal-Vern A, Ortegel J, Bourdon P, et al (John H Stroger, Jr Hosp of Cook County, Chicago; Aventis, Darien; Ill; GTC Biotherapeutics Inc, Framingham, Mass; et al) Burns 32:563–569, 2006§