Burn wound healing is a complex and dynamic process that involves the interaction between different cell types and mediators. Neovascularization is an imperative stage of wound healing and consists of not only angiogenesis but also adult vasculogenesis. A superficial partial-thickness burn (SPTB) heals within 2 weeks without scarring. A deep partial-thickness burn (DPTB), conversely, requires 2...

The main objective of this exploratory, descriptive cohort study was to verify the incidence of patients submitted to cardiac surgery who developed skin lesions during the intraoperative period, and characterize the lesions. Data collection was performed at the Surgery Department of a public teaching hospital, of tertiary health care, mostly surgical, specialized in cardiology, and located in S...

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...

One thousand and thirty-one singleton children of teenage mothers were compared with 10 950 singleton children of older mothers in a national longitudinal cohort study. Children born to teenage mothers and living with them during the first 5 years were more liable to hospital admissions, especially after accidents and for gastroenteritis, than were children born to and living with older mothers...

An epidemic of Newcastle disease occurred in turkeys of Southern Utah in the late fall of I965. Several workers in intimate contact with the turkeys at the processing plant developed a follicular conjunctivitis subsequently identified as due to Newcastle disease virus. The typical clinical findings and rise in haemagglutinin-inhibition titre indicated that the infection was acquired from the tu...

In this paper a new system for burn diagnosis is proposed. The aim of the system is to separate burn wounds from healthy skin, and the different types of burns (burn depths) from each other, identifying each one. The system is based on the colour and texture information, as these are the characteristics observed by physicians in order to give a diagnosis. We use a perceptually uniform colour sp...

We present a case of ischaemic hand injury in a patient, who had 95% occlusion of both the ulnar and radial arteries, after atraumatic placement of a left radial artery catheter. The presence of cigarette burns on the dorsum of the hand was highly suggestive of vascular compromise. There were no signs of vascular compromise after placement of the arterial line which was removed 24 hr later. Ten...

The ‘kambô’ ritual involves application of Phyllomedusa Bicolor poison to superficial burns made on the user’s skin. Existing kambô literature describes case reports severe harms. objective current study was better characterize typical observed responses administration. We performed a retrospective review practitioner’s practice. Statistical analysis descriptive, and characterized number points...