BACKGROUND In burn care, a well-acknowledged problem is the suboptimal scar outcome from skin grafted burn wounds. With the aim of improving this, we focused on a new technique: excision of the burn wound followed by primary closure, thereby using a skin-stretching device to stretch the adjacent healthy skin. The short- and long-term effect of Skin Stretch was compared to split skin grafting (S...

Pruritus (itching) is a common and distressing complaint after injury. The purpose of this study was to investigate self-reported postburn pruritus in a large, multisite cohort study of adult burn survivors. Descriptive statistics, general linear regression, and mixed model repeated measures analyses were employed to test statistical significance. Two cohorts of adult burn survivors were studie...

background self-inflicted burn injuries carry considerable mortality and morbidity among otherwise fit young individuals. this study assessed the epidemiologic pattern and outcome of these injuries in a burn care facility in pakistan. methods the study was carried out at pakistan institute of medical sciences (pims) burn care centre in islamabad over a period of 2 years. it included all adult p...

In activation calculations, there are several approaches to quantify uncertainties: deterministic by means of sensitivity analysis, and stochastic by means of Monte Carlo. Here, two different Monte Carlo approaches for nuclear data uncertainty are presented: the first one is the Total Monte Carlo (TMC). The second one is by means of a Monte Carlo sampling of the covariance information included ...

Burns are common in all military conflicts, comprising approximately 10% of all casualties. Of these, nearly 20% are categorized as severe, or involving greater than 20% TBSA, and require significant intravenous resuscitation. A unique set of challenges have emerged during the present conflict associated with global evacuation of burned soldiers, adding a new dimension to the alreadycomplex and...

Silver sulfadiazine has been used as topical medication in the treatment of partial-thickness burns or secondary degree burns for many years. Pain during daily wound cleansing is the main problem. Urgotul SSD, a hydrocolloid dressing with silver sulfadiazine (SSD) has been reported to reduce infection and exhibit antimicrobial activity in burn wounds. The purpose of the present study was to com...

BACKGROUND Burn injuries have a major impact on the patient's physical and psychological functioning. The consequences can, especially in pediatric burns, persist long after the injury. A decrease in physical fitness seems logical as people survive burn injuries after an often extensive period of decreased activity and an increased demand of proteins leading to catabolism, especially of muscle ...

RADIONUKLIDA CESIUM SEBAGAI INDIKATOR PENENTUAN BURNUP BAHAN BAKAR U3Si2/Al SECARA MERUSAK. Penentuan burn-up secara merusak dilakukan dengan metode pemisahan 137Cs dalam PEB densitas 4,8 gU/cm3 pasca iradiasi.Penentuan bertujuan untuk membuktikan kesesuaian besar yang diperoleh tak maupun menggunakan Origen Code. kode CBBJ 251 dipotong pada bagian top, middle dan bottom duplo berat masing-masi...

BACKGROUND Severe trauma, including burns, triggers a systemic response that significantly impacts on the liver, which plays a key role in the metabolic and immune responses aimed at restoring homeostasis. While many of these changes are likely regulated at the gene expression level, there is a need to better understand the dynamics and expression patterns of burn injury-induced genes in order ...

Recent findings from our laboratory have shown that acute alcohol (EtOH) intoxication before burn injury impairs intestinal immunity and barrier functions. To further delineate the mechanism of impaired intestinal barrier function, the present study examined the role of corticosterone (CORT) and interleukin (IL)-18, as CORT and IL-18 are elevated following a combined insult of EtOH intoxication...