INTRODUCTION Burn care has rapidly improved in the past decades. However, healthcare innovations can be expensive, demanding careful choices on their implementation. Obtaining knowledge on the extent of the costs of burn injuries is an essential first step for economic evaluations within burn care. The objective of this study was to determine the economic burden of patients with burns admitted ...

Background: This article describes the sequelae of burn injuries on the feet and surgical techniques for their treatment. This paper aims to help doctors treating burn injuries by establishing parameters of normality to be sought and effective surgical techniques for treatment. Methods: The sequelae of burn injuries on the feet were classified into 3 groups on the basis of the degree of burns a...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS There is a need, both in clinical and research settings, for an affordable, objective method of assessing burn depth. This study compares burn depth assessment by videomicroscopy with laser Doppler imaging (LDI) in patients with dermal burns. The videomicroscope is inexpensive compared to LDI, and can visualise the dermal capillary structure, therefore potentially allowing...

conclusions traditional preparation significantly decreased inflammation and accelerated wound healing in treated rats. furthermore, the findings of this study can be applied clinically in the future. background skin burn is one of the most common complications and remains a major public health issue worldwide. objectives this experiment was conducted to study the effects of traditional medicin...

INTRODUCTION Burn injury is a medical problem as well as a social burden on the national health services in developing countries. Trace elements have important roles in wound healing and act as antioxidants. In this study, zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) levels in plasma of burned patients and their relationship with the burn surface area and time-related pattern are determined in the admitted patien...

Burn injuries are a leading cause of morbidity including prolonged hospitalization, disfigurement, and disability. Currently there is no Food and Drug Administration-approved burn therapeutics. A clinical distinction of burn injuries from other acute wounds is the event of the so-called secondary burn wound progression within the first week of the injury, in which a burn expands horizontally an...

BACKGROUND Home oxygen therapy is a mainstay of treatment for patients with various cardiopulmonary diseases. In spite of warnings against smoking while using home oxygen, many patients sustain burn injuries. OBJECTIVES We aimed to quantify the morbidity and mortality of such patients admitted to our regional burn unit over a 6-year period. METHODS A retrospective chart review of all patien...