The problem of treatment of burns' wounds and characteristic of drugs for the local treatment of burns

Abstract

Aim. Summarize the data of the literary sources concerning the statistics of the spread of burns, their classification and methods of treatment, modern medical forms and drugs for the local treatment of burns. Methods and results. Methods of information search, analysis of statistical and literary data about burns and prospects of their treatment are used in this work. Despite the discovery of a wide range of active pharmaceutical ingredients with the necessary action, burn wounds are still remaining a big problem of modern medicine. Local treatment of burns is important, which influences to the process of healing the burn wound and for the future of the patient. All local methods of burns treatment is adapted to specific aspects (area and depth of burn, age of the patient, the etiology of burn, localization of wound, related pathologies, etc.). Conclusions. Expansion of the range of medicinal forms of existing medicines for local treatment of burns and the creation of new original preparations based on biologically active material is a promising direction of modern medicine and pharmacy.

Keywords

• burns
• injury
• wounds
• wound healing