Emphasis on the exploration and research of the protective strategy of organs after burns in the early stage

Objective A series of pathophysiological changes occur in a body with burn, among which the pathophysiological changes in organs are rather insidious but have far-reaching effects. At present, in clinical practice, we mainly adopt symptomatic or alternative treatment to deal with organ dysfunction, lacking systematic intervention measures based on clear and perfect theoretical data. Theme of the key article of this issue is the injury and protection of organs in the early stage after burns. The collected articles show the current status and frontiers of the research on this topic in China, including the retrospective analysis of clinical data, exploration of cell-level injury mechanism, and experimental treatment scheme in animal models. However, until now, few instructive or inspiring articles have been published. I appeal more colleagues could focus on this, explore more, research more, and share more.