795 Gender-related charateristics of burn injury patients presenting to designated burn centres in South Asia

Burn injury in Mottahari Burn Center in Tehran, Iran

Burn injury in Mottahari Burn Center in Tehran, Iran

DEAR EDITOR Burn is one of the devastating conditions in emergency medicine resulting into physical and psychological disabilities.1 During pregnancy, it has an increasing trend for mortality and morbidity of both mother and infant.2 So practical activities to decrease its physical and emotional complications seem mandatory.2 For survivors, the most persisting problem is scarring while healing ...

Psychiatric disorders and their association with burn-related factors in children with burn injury.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess psychiatric disorders and their association with burn-related factors in a population of Turkish children with burns. METHODS Thirty-one children admitted to the Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Burn Unit between January 2013 and August 2013 were first assessed by the plastic surgeon, and then those with psychological symptoms were referred to a child ...

Reanimation of Burn Patients

Bu:ns patients me i11 need of extra attention in spe­cialied intensive care units, specially as due to their sustai­ned burns and resultant circulatory upset their life is in danger. A severe burn is classified as over 30"{, body sur­face in adults and over 100";, in children.  Two types of shock are encountered in burns:  1)Hypovolaemic shock during the first three days. followed by;  2)Se...

Burn care in South Africa.