normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 objective: occupational burns are among the important causes of work-related fatalities and absenteeism. epidemiologic assessment of these injuries is important to define high-risk jobs. we designed this study to evaluate the epidemiology of occupational burns in yazd, an industrial province in iran. materials and methods: th...

During her stay in Pakistan, a Norwegian female patient, in her forties, suffered burns to 30 – 35 % of her body surface following ignition with inflammable liquid. She was admitted to a local hospital the same day. On the third day she was transferred to the Burn Care Centre at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. She was found to have deep burns on her face, neck, back, up...

INTRODUCTION The aesthetic outcome after burn of exposed areas such as the hand and face is of high importance. A number of wound dressings used for the treatment of superficial and partial thickness burns promise rapid wound healing and reduced scarring. Previously, wound healing of hands and faces with superficial burns treated with Dressilk® compared to Biobrane® was evaluated intra-individu...

This study evaluated the regional burn health care system of the Commonwealth of Virginia using the criteria for optimal care of the burn patient designated by the American Burn Association. The data base for this evaluation was hospital records of seven hospitals in Virginia. The major shortcoming of the designated criteria was the grading system for the severity of burn injury. Using the crit...

A regional burn disaster plan for 24 burn centers located in 11 states comprising the Southern Region of the American Burn Association was developed using online and in-person collaboration between burn center directors during a 2-year period. The capabilities and preferences of burn centers in the Southern Region were queried. A website with disaster information, including a map of regional bu...

OBJECTIVE This article reports the first application of subatmospheric pressure management to a deep, partial-thickness human thermal burn. METHODS After cleaning the wound, the decision was made to treat the hand and distal forearm with subatmospheric pressure (V.A.C., KCI, Inc, San Antonio, Tex). The sponge was applied directly to the burned skin without additional interface at approximatel...

Recently, ammonia is emerging as a potential source of energy in power generation and industrial sectors. One the main concerns with combustion large amount NO emission. Air staging conventional method reducing emission which similar to Rich-Burn, Quick-Mix, Lean-Burn (RQL) concept. In air-staged combustion, major reduction based on near zero at fuel-rich NH3/Air mixture. A secondary air stream...

Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; Medizinische Einrichtungen, Immunobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat, Dusseldorf D-40001, Germany; Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 9HA, UK; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; The Mayfair Medical Center, ...

Treatment of post burn contractures of the hand, implies in most of cases the use of a full thickness skin graft, especially when the contracture doesn’t involve deeper structures but only the skin and the subcutaneous tissues. But in spite of being the “golden standard” in the treatment of these cases, use of a full thickness skin graft carries with it certain inconveniences such as those rela...

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