Severe Burn Injury in a Swine Model for Clinical Dressing AssessmentGang-Yi Fan 1, Juin-Hong Cherng 2,3, Shu-Jen Chang 4, Raju Poongodi 2, Chih-Hsin Wang 5, Yi-Wen Wang 2, Yao-Horng Wang 6, Cheng-Che Liu 7, En Meng 8
1Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, 2Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, 3Department of Gerontological Health Care, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, 4Division of Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 5Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, 6Department of Nursing, Yuanpei University, 7Department of Physiology and Biophysics; Graduate Institute of Physiology, National Defense Medical Center, 8Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
To closely mimic the mode of burn injuries requires the interplay between clinical observation and studies in animal models. In this study, a swine model of severe burn injury was established to assess an experimental dressing in physiological and pathophysiological settings.
