Abstract
Predictive factors for infection in burn patients
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Dear Editor, I commend the authors of the work entitled “Risk factors for infection in children and adolescents with burns: cohort study”, which was published in the Brazilian Journal of Plastic Surgery
The work stands out because it describes the predictive factors for infection in children and adolescents with burns admitted to the Burn Unit of the João XXIII Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
The study is a prospective series of cases, not a cohort study as mentioned by the authors in the title
Summary
Institution: Hospital Regional da Asa Norte, Brasília, DF, Brazil. Dear Editor, I commend the authors of the work entitled “Risk factors for infection in children and adolescents with burns: cohort study”, which was published in the Brazilian Journal of Plastic Surgery (volume 31, number 4, pages 553-545, 2016). The work stands out because it describes the predictive factors for infection in children and adolescents with burns admitted to the Burn Unit of the João XXIII Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. I would like to highlight a few characteristics of this study.
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