A systemic review of the uses of heparin to treat burn injury.

Last year I had the opportunity to participate in a review study conducted by McMaster University Evidencebased Practice Center, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to assess the evidence for using heparin in the treatment of burn injury or the complications of burn injury in adults and children. Principal Investigators were Mark Oremus, PhD and Mark Hanson, MD, Med, in addition to Gurvaneet Randhawa, MD, MPH, AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Task Order Officer of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Other investigators included Richard Whitlock, MD, MSc, Ed Young, PhD, Alok Gupta, MS, Arianna Dal Cin, MD, BSc, FRCSC, Carolyn Archer, MSc, and Parminder Raina, PhD. A technical expert panel was consulted during the course of this study. In addition to myself, the panel included David Herndon, MD, Leo Klein, MD, PhD, Ján Koller, MD, CSc, PhD, Michael J. Saliba Jr., MD, Glenn Warden, MD, MBA, and Steven E. Wolf, MD.