Background: Blood product transfusion has historically been utilized after major burn injury in the resuscitative as well as the acute phase. Transfusion has been implicated in infection and immunosuppression in many disease states. Recommendations for blood product transfusion has varied, but several landmark studies have helped define optimal burn transfusion strategies with respect to infection. The purpose of this article is to review the evidence describing the relation between transfusion and infection in burn injury during different phases of burn treatment to identify optimal transfusion strategies and suggest future targets for transfusion research in burns.

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烧伤患者的输血和感染

背景：历史上，在复苏期和急性期严重烧伤后输注血制品。在许多疾病状态中，输血与感染和免疫抑制有关。血制品输血的建议各不相同，但一些具有里程碑意义的研究有助于确定针对感染的最佳烧伤输血策略。本文的目的是回顾描述烧伤治疗不同阶段输血与感染之间关系的证据，以确定最佳输血策略，并提出烧伤输血研究的未来目标。