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HEPARIN TREATMENT IN CHINA
Dr.
Xu Lin Chen MD, Plastic Surgeon Anhaui University Hospital, First Affiliated
Hospital, Hefei City, China [mailto:xulinchen@163.net] Starting in 2003,
Dr. Chen has worked with 3 doctors treating 50 +/- burned patients/year
of which half are children and half are adults, age range 1-69 years of
age.
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Administers heparin topically.
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Reports adding heparin has improved burn care, reduced procedures and mortality, enabled cost-effective treatment of larger size burns than previously and costs are reduced by 20%.
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Performed and presented research study, and active in teaching heparin protocol..
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Would respond and participate in a thermal disaster assisting doctors at the site using heparin as a first response, cost-effective, emergency treatment of the burned persons.
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We concluded that topical heparin use can enhance the healing of burn wounds and relieve the patient’s pain significantly in humans without any influence on clotting time.
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It also has a beneficial role to inhibit the formation of scar after wound healing.” (end of Xu Lin Chen)
Dr.
Prof. Zhao-fan Xia, Shanghai
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