 Intravenous antibiotics are recommended before surgery for those with extensive burns ( > 60 % TBSA ) . As of 2008 , guidelines do not recommend their general use due to concerns regarding antibiotic resistance and the increased risk of fungal infections . Tentative evidence , however , shows that they may improve survival rates in those with large and severe burns . Erythropoietin has not been found effective to prevent or treat anemia in burn cases . In burns caused by hydrofluoric acid , calcium gluconate is a specific antidote and may be used intravenously and / or topically . Recombinant human growth hormone ( rhGH ) in those with burns that involve more than 40 % of their body appears to speed healing without affecting the risk of death . 
 Intravenous antibiotics are recommended before surgery for those with extensive burns ( > 60 % TBSA ) . As of 2008 , guidelines do not recommend their general use due to <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>concerns</mark></a> regarding antibiotic resistance and the increased risk of fungal infections . Tentative evidence , however , <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>shows</mark></a> that they may improve survival rates in those with large and severe burns . Erythropoietin <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> not been found effective to prevent or treat anemia in burn cases . In burns caused by hydrofluoric acid , calcium gluconate <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>a specific antidote and may be used intravenously and / or topically . Recombinant human growth hormone ( rhGH ) in those with burns <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a>involve more than 40 % of their body <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>appears</mark></a> to speed healing without affecting the risk of death . 
Intravenous antibiotics r recommended before surgery for those with extensive burns ( > 60 % TBSA ) . As of 2008 , guidelines do not recommend their general use due to no concerns regarding antibiotic resistance and the increased risk of fungal infections . Tentative evidence , however , show dat they may improve survival rates in those with bigass and severe burns . Erythropoietin done not been found effective to prevent or treat anemia in burn cases . In burns caused by hydrofluoric acid , calcium gluconate a specific antidote and may be used intravenously and / or topically . Recombinant human growth hormone ( rhGH ) in those w burns involve more than 40 % of their body appear to speed healing without affecting the risk of death .