background: burn injuries impose a considerable burden on healthcare systems in iran. it is among the top ten causes of mortality and a main cause of disability. objectives: this study aimed to examine factors influencing mortality in burn patients admitted to the main educational tertiary referral hospital in kermanshah. patients and methods: all patients admitted to the imam khomeini hospital...

Global environmental change has increased forest vulnerability to the occurrence of interacting disturbances, including wildfires and invasive diseases. Mapping post-fire burn severity in a disease-affected forest often faces challenges because burned and infested trees may exhibit a high similarity in spectral reflectance. In this study, we combined (preand post-fire) Landsat imagery and (post...

Previous studies demonstrate that thermal injury decreases circulating levels of insulin growth factor I (IGF-I) and alters the plasma concentration of several IGF binding proteins (IGFBP), but the mechanisms for these alterations have not been elucidated. In the current study, a 30% total body surface area full-thickness scald burn was produced in anesthetized rats, and animals were studied 24...

HYPOTHESIS Most investigators have reported high levels of endothelin (ET)-1 in patients with thermal injury. We attempted to examine the hypothesis that ET-1 levels increase in patients with severe burn injury. PATIENTS AND METHODS Plasma from 28 adult subjects, 14 of whom had thermal injuries with a median (range) percentage of total burn surface area of 22% (20%-76%), was assessed for ET-1...

OBJECTIVE The goal was to examine comprehensively the patterns and trends of burn-related injuries in children, adolescents, and young adults treated in US emergency departments between 1990 and 2006. METHODS Through use of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database, cases of nonfatal burn-related injuries were selected by using diagnosis codes for burns (scalds, thermal, che...

We present the case of a 54-year-old patient with a thermal cement burn. This rare case is a localised occupational chemical cement burn on the lower limbs, with no systemic involvement and favourable outcome. The lesion was induced by prolonged contact of the skin with cement and water during hot summer days.

"Burn-like" propane thermal injury is produced by evaporative heat loss causing damage to vital structures. Acute appearance is that of heat burn with progressive vascular compromise. Histopathologic study demonstrates epidermal and dermal necrosis followed by vascular thrombosis. Physicians should be aware of this injury and its consequence in light of the widespread use of pressurized propane...

Our previous study has suggested that downregulated microRNA (miR)-29a in denatured dermis might be involved in burn wound healing. However, the exact role of miR-29a in healing of burn injury still remains unclear. Here, we found that expression of miR-29a was notably upregulated in denatured dermis tissues and skin fibroblast cells after thermal injury, and thereafter gradually downregulated ...

Anticipating functional outcomes of patients managed in an in-patient burn wound centre can help in advising patients and their families of prognosis as well as assist case managers in discharge planning. The records of 37 burn patients were reviewed; one patient expired and was removed from further analysis. Data were obtained regarding patient characteristics, types and locations of burns and...

Burn scars are the result of wound healing following a partial-thickness or full-thickness thermal injury. Thermal injury can frequently result in extensive scarring, which may have profound psychologic impact on the victim, serving as a visible and palpable reminder of a traumatic event. Standard treatments for scars include the use of skin grafts, intralesional steroid injections, and pulsed-...