Pain and/or pruritus at the burn site are common side effects following serious burn injuries, and make it difficult for the patient to focus on therapeutic tasks secondary to pain and/or itching. The mechanism of pruritus secondary to burn injury is not fully understood. Both pruritus and pain are believed to travel along small C afferent fibres to the spinal cord. In accordance with the gate ...

BACKGROUND Childhood burns are a global health problem. To date, no epidemiological study with a large sample size of hospitalized pediatric burn patients from the Chinese mainland has been conducted. This study retrospectively analyzed pediatric burn cases to identify the characteristics of pediatric burns and their risk factors in China. METHODS Data for pediatric burn inpatients younger th...

Myocardial infarction (MI) following high voltage electric burn is very rare, and its pathogenesis remains controversial. Electrical burns represent only 4% of all burns. Hence, clinical managements have taken a slow pace in developing. The recent guidelines laid down by the cardiology societies include cardiac troponin I (cTnI) as the gold standard marker for the assessment of myocardial damag...

burns are injuries which may require long hospitalization and may result in important impairment and disability. burn injuries are still common especially in developing countries. assessment of the epidemiology of burns is very important for introduction of preventive methods. this study was conducted in yazd to assess and describe the epidemiology of burns including its main causes, and its de...

Objective: Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS), a mixture of five medicinal plant extracts, has been used historically as a haemostatic agent. The aim of this in vivo study was to investigate the effects of ABS on burn healing using a rat burning model. Materials and methods: A total of 24 male Wistar rats were used in this study. Burns were induced in wistar albino rats divided into two groups as fol...

adolescents who engage in risky behavior. The third group comprises adults who work with electricity. Electrical burns account for between 3% and 7% of admissions to burn centers in the United States each year, many of which are occupational injuries. The annual occupational death rate from electrocution is 1 per 100,000; this type of death occurs more frequently in utility workers, miners, and...

In Thailand and in many parts of the world, the annoyances and potential health hazards of mosquitoes1 have led to the development of many devices designed to kill them.2 The electric fly-swatter (Yongtong,Yongtong Electronics Co, Ltd, China) is thought by many to be a safe antimosquito device that is used widely for killing mosquitoes in tropical countries (Figure 1). It is free of toxic chemi...

Burns are an important cause of injury to young children, being the third most frequent cause of injury resulting in death behind motor vehicle accidents and drowning. Burn injuries account for the greatest length of stay of all hospital admissions for injuries and costs associated with care are substantial. The majority of burn injuries in children are scald injuries resulting from hot liquids...

BACKGROUND Burns are one of the most severe traumas that an individual can suffer. The World Health Organization (WHO) affirms that injuries related to burns are a global public health problem mainly in low- and middle-income countries. The first step towards reducing any preventable injury is based on accurate information. In Colombia, the basic epidemiological characteristics of burn injuries...