BACKGROUND Pulmonary failure has emerged as one of the leading causes of mortality in burned children due, in part, to the success in reducing the incidence of sepsis, early surgery and fluid resuscitation, and new advances in nutritional support. To evaluate the effect of pulmonary injury, age, gender, race, and burn size on mortality, the records of 3179 burned children admitted to our burn c...

Inhalation injury is an acute respiratory tract insult caused by steam or toxic inhalants such as fumes, gases, and mists. Inhalation injury may occur without cutaneous burn injury, though the two injuries usually occur together. Despite increasing clinical interest in the problem of inhalation injury over the last few decades, the pathophysiology of inhalation injury remains poorly understood ...

abstract background: pain is one of the common problems encountered by patients with burns, which increases after each dressing. this study aimed to investigate the effect of inhalation aromatherapy with damask rose essence on the pain of patients with burns that is caused after dressing. materials and methods: a randomized clinical trial was conducted on 50 patients with second‑ and third‑degr...

Background. Geriatric patients, usually defined as being 65 years of age or over, now make up about 10% of the major burn population. Main aim. To conduct a prospective study of elderly burn patients, analysing the predictive value of age, gender, total body surface area (TBSA) burned, inhalation trauma, pre-morbid conditions, and mortality. Methods. A 10-year prospective study of burn victims ...

Advances in the care of patients with major burns have led to a reduction in mortality and a change in the cause of their death. Burn shock, which accounted for almost 20 percent of burn deaths in the 1930s and 1940s, is now treated with early, vigorous fluid resuscitation and is only rarely a cause of death. Burn wound sepsis, which emerged as the primary cause of mortality once burn shock dec...

Two cases of serious burns in children resulting from accidents with camomile tea are reported. Inhalation of steam from camomile tea is a homely remedy for inflammation in the upper respiratory tract but meticulous care should be observed on account of the risk of burns.

INTRODUCTION Despite lack of proven effectiveness and its potential to cause severe burns, steam inhalation therapy (SIT) is still used as a treatment for benign respiratory conditions. OBJECTIVE To characterize cases of burns related to steam inhalation therapy (BRSIT) in order to formulate appropriate preventive criteria. PATIENTS AND METHODS A review was conducted on cases of BRSIT admit...