The role of enzymatic debridement in burn care in the COVID-19 pandemic. Commentary by the Italian Society of Burn Surgery (SIUST)
Burns
.
2020 Jun;46(4):984-985.
doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2020.04.009.
Epub 2020 Apr 24.
Authors
Rosario Ranno
1
,
Michelangelo Vestita
2
,
Pasquale Verrienti
3
,
Davide Melandri
4
,
Giuseppe Perniciaro
5
,
Franz Wilhelm Baruffaldi Preis
6
,
Roberto D'Alessio
7
,
Giovanni Alessandro
8
,
Edoardo Caleffi
9
,
Antonio Di Lonardo
10
,
Paolo Palombo
11
,
Maria Alma Posadinu
12
,
Maurizio Stella
13
,
Bruno Azzena
14
,
Maurizio Governa
15
,
Giuseppe Giudice
16
Affiliations
1
Burn Unit, Ospedale Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy.
2
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. Electronic address: michelangelovestita@gmail.com.
3
Burn Unit, Ospedale Perrino, Brindisi, Italy.
4
Burn Unit, Ospedale M. Bufalini, Cesena, Italy.
5
Burn Unit, Ospedale Villa Scassi, Genova, Italy.
6
Burn Unit, A.O. Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy.
7
Burn Unit, Ospedale Cardarelli, Napoli, Italy.
8
Burn Unit, Ospedale Civico Fatebenefratelli, Palermo, Italy.
9
Burn Unit, Ospedale Maggiore Az. Osp., Parma, Italy.
10
Burn Unit, Ospedale Cisanello, Pisa, Italy.
11
Burn Unit, Ospedale Sant Eugenio Di Roma, Roma, Italy.
12
Burn Unit, Ospedale Civile, Sassari, Italy.
13
Burn Unit, Ospedale CTO Torino, Torino, Italy.
14
Burn Unit, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy.
15
Burn Unit, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, Verona, Italy.
16
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
PMID:
32381447
PMCID:
PMC7180156
DOI:
10.1016/j.burns.2020.04.009
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Burns / surgery*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Debridement*
Humans
Italy
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*