烧伤可被视为一种慢性疾病

Burn injury should be considered as a chronic disease

烧伤是一种以皮肤损伤为始发因素、可能影响全身各系统的特殊类型创伤。既往认为烧伤是一种伤, 现在认为它也是一种病。近年来, 越来越多证据表明, 烧伤可对患者的生存、生活、健康状况等产生持续、长期的影响。因此, 该文提出烧伤可被看作是一种慢性疾病的理念, 并阐述了烧伤对治愈出院患者的病死率、精神心理疾病、代谢、免疫系统、心血管系统、感染及肿瘤发生等的长期影响, 以期提高医务人员、烧伤患者及其亲属、社会工作者等对烧伤长期影响的认识并加强相关研究。

Burn is a special type of trauma,which initiates with skin injury and subsequently causes damages to various systems of the whole body.Burn was regarded as an acute injury in the past,while burn is also considered as a disease now.In recent years,more and more recent evidences have demonstrated that burn injury has a continuous and long-term influence on the life,work,and health status of burn survivors.Therefore,we proposed that burn should be considered as a chronic disease and briefly summarized the long-term effects of burns on mortality,psychology,metabolism,immune system,cardiovascular system,and occurrence of infection and tumor in discharged burn victims.We hope this work can improve the understanding of the long-term effects of burns among medical staff,burn patients and their relatives,and social workers.