Electrical injuries are uncommon, comprising 10% of our regional burn center admissions during a 9-year period. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence, type, and location of occupation-related electrical injuries in an attempt to focus our injury prevention and outreach efforts. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with electrical injuries admitted to ou...

Background: Burn injuries have a considerable physical, psychological and economic impact on the patients, their families and society. Objectives: To create a liaison between burn victims and rehabilitation services so as to help the patients lead a better life. Methods: A longitudinal study of one and half year duration (May 2009 to October 2010) was conducted among female burn patients admitt...

purpose: to evaluate the prevalence of acute ocular chemical injuries in patients referred to labbafinejad medical center (lmc) over a period of one year. methods: all patients with chemical burns referred to lmc emergency ophthalmology service were included in the study. demographic characteristics and information regarding the burn were obtained. visual acuity assessment and slit lamp examina...

Background: Sleep, as a reversible phenomenon, is vital for maintaining energy and enhancing the quality of life. Sleep disorders after burn accidents may have biopsychological effects on burn patients, years after the initial injury. This study evaluated the quality of sleep in patients with chronic burns.  Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 patients referred to...

The aim of our study was to retrospectively evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of patients with high voltage electrical injury from 1999 to 2009. The Clinic of Burns and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty Hospital Brno is located in a region of 2,505,000 inhabitants. In total 13,911 patients (including both children and adults, and outpatients as well as hospitalized patients) were treat...

OBJECTIVE Hand burns are commonly seen in patients with burn injury. In the past, focus was on lifesaving measures, but with advances in burn care during the last century, the paradigm shifted to digital salvage and eventually to functional digital salvage. Good outcomes are heavily dependent on the care that is rendered during the initial management of the burn. METHODS A retrospective medic...

Context: Burns are a common injury in children. Rural and remote children with burn injuries disadvantaged if their burns require hospitalisation specialist rehabilitation. Most rehabilitation is provided regional or metropolitan cities by multidisciplinary team. Therefore, rural patients required to travel access these services. This project aimed develop an Occupational Therapy (OT)-Led Paedi...

OBJECTIVE This study provides a descriptive analysis of the factors affecting pressure garment adherence from the perspective of adult patients with burn injuries and occupational therapy clinicians. METHOD Questionnaires were administered to 23 adult patients with burn injuries and 10 occupational therapy clinicians selected from six provincial hospitals in a large metropolitan area in South...