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   Every year in the United States, 1.1 million burn injuries require medical attention.

  Approximately 50,000 of these require hospitalization, and roughly half of those burn patients are admitted to a specialized burn unit.

  Each year, approximately 4,500 of these people die.

   Up to 10,000 people in the United States die every year of burn-related infections; pneumonia is the most common infectious complication among hospitalized burn patients.

  Twenty years ago, burns covering half the body were routinely fatal; today, patients with burns covering 90% of the body can survive (but often with permanent impairments).

  Practices that have contributed to this improvement include advances in resuscitation, wound cleaning and follow-up care, nutritional support, and infection control.

  Grafting with natural or artificial materials can also speed the healing process.

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