BURN INJURY IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTS- A RETROSPECTIVE-DESCRIPTIVE STUDY IN A TERTIARY BURN CARE UNIT

Acute burn during pregnancy: A retrospective study

Background & aim: The incidence of acute burn injuries in pregnant women is very low. Burn injuries during pregnancy are often associated with a high rate of fetal and maternal mortality and morbidity. In this study, we aimed to review the cases of acute burn during pregnancy and evaluate the outcome of these patients in Mashhad, Iran. Methods:This retrospective study was performed using the me...

The Relationship between Background Pain and Anxiety in patients with Burn injury: A cross-sectional study

Background and Aim: Burn injury is an example of damage to a person's health that causes many problems in the patient, including pain and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between pain and anxiety in burn patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 86 patients with burn injury admitted to Shahid Motahhari hospital, were selected using available sampling....

Fenoldopam use in a burn intensive care unit: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND Fenoldopam mesylate is a highly selective dopamine-1 receptor agonist approved for the treatment of hypertensive emergencies that may have a role at low doses in preserving renal function in those at high risk for or with acute kidney injury (AKI). There is no data on low-dose fenoldopam in the burn population. The purpose of our study was to describe our use of low-dose fenoldopam (...

Ventilation strategies in burn intensive care: A retrospective observational study

Consensus regarding optimal burns intensive care (BICU) patient management is lacking. This study aimed to assess whether ventilation strategies, cardiovascular support and sedation in BICU patients have changed over time, and whether this affects outcome. A retrospective observational study comparing two 12-patient BICU cohorts (2005/06 and 2010/11) was undertaken. Demographic and admission ch...

Burn injury in Mottahari Burn Center in Tehran, Iran