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...

2 In this paper we propose a method for increasing precision and reliability of elasticity analysis in complicated burn scar cases. The need for a technique that would help physicians by objectively assessing elastic properties of scars motivated our original algorithm. This algorithm successfully employed active contours for tracking and nite element models for strain analysis. However, the pr...

BACKGROUND Burn-trauma patient encounters constitute 5% of the emergency department population. HYPOTHESIS A large urban hospital will treat twice as many (ie, 10%) burn-trauma patients. DESIGN Retrospective 44-month study. SETTING Metropolitan county hospital. PATIENTS Population-based sample of burn-only (n = 1102), burn-trauma (n = 120), and assault burn-trauma (n = 43) patients. M...

background :    acinetobacter baumannii has become one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections in recent years. the organism seems to be resistant to most classes of antibiotics. carbapenems are considered the most effective drugs for treatment of these infections. however, increasing emergence of carbapenem resistant a. baumannii has become a major healthcare problem.   methods :...

We proposed that selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) initiated after experimental burn injury would decrease myocardial inflammation and dysfunction after a second insult such as septic challenge. Rats were divided into eight experimental groups. Groups included sham burn plus sham sepsis, burn alone, sepsis alone, and burn plus sepsis given either water by oral gavage for 5 ...

BACKGROUND We examine herein the demographic characteristics, implemented treatment methods, infection rates, and morbidities of patients with tandir burns from two burn centers. METHODS In this study, gender, age, socioeconomic status, total body burn ratio, burn area, burn level, microorganisms isolated in burn wounds, implemented treatments, length of hospital stay, debridement and graftin...

Burn injuries remain a global problem even though they are largely preventable. Adequate knowledge is essential to good burn safety practices. This aids prevention and minimizes severity when burn injuries occur. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of burn safety knowledge among literate adult Nigerians in Ile-Ife and Ilesa, South-western Nigeria. We elicited a paucity of burn ...

background and purpose: vitamin c is administered orally or intravenously for the treatment of burn wounds. however, effects of the topical application of vitamin c remain unclear. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of topical vitamin c solution on the necrotic tissue volume of second-degree burn wounds. methods: this clinical trial was conducted on 30 patients with second-degree burns ad...

Burn is a global public health problem associated with significant morbidity and mortality, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. Southeast-Asian countries share a big burden of burn injuries, and Nepal is not an exception. We performed a systemic review to examine the epidemiological characteristics of burn injures in Nepal. Relevant epidemiological studies were identified through system...

Cardiomyocyte sodium accumulation after burn injury precedes the development of myocardial contractile dysfunction. The present study examined the effects of burn injury on Na-K-ATPase activity in adult rat hearts after major burn injury and explored the hypothesis that burn-related changes in myocardial Na-K-ATPase activity are PKC dependent. A third-degree burn injury (or sham burn) was given...