Two new risk factors for heterotopic ossification development after severe burns.

Laurent ThefenneGratiane de BrierThomas LeclercClaire JourdanClaire NicolasStéphanie TruffautEric LapeyreFrancois Genet

Published in: PloS one (2017)

In addition to recognized risk factors (duration of stay in the intensive care burns unit, extent and depth of burns, pulmonary and cutaneous infections), the use of curare and the use of a fluidized bed (with the duration of use) were significantly associated with HO formation.

Keyphrases

risk factors
pulmonary hypertension
early onset
optical coherence tomography
pi k akt
cell proliferation
signaling pathway