[Septic complications following thermic injuries (author's transl)].

The occurrence of septic complications after burns depends first of all from the surface extension of thermic injury and the age of patient. The expansion of the indication for primary excision doesn't change a great deal the frequence of septic occurences. Insufficient excision and skin covering to the other hand can be the source of lethal infection. Secondary skin grafting is an important mean for eradicating obvious sepsis. From among the parenchymal localisations the septic lung complications take the first place, which fact can be in connection with the thermic injury of the respiratory tract.