Field Conditions Associated with Cranberry Scald

Burn and scald injuries.

Burns are one of the most harmful physical and psychological traumas. Infection is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in burns. Infections acquired from hospital or from the patient's own endogenous flora have a significant prevalence after burns. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are the most frequent colonizing agents whereas group A beta-haemolytic streptococci are the...

Patterns of scald injuries.

OBJECTIVES To describe common patterns of bath water scald injuries in children, to examine differences between accidental and non-accidental bath water scalds in children, and to examine potential for prevention. DESIGN A two year six month retrospective analysis of admissions to a specialist burns unit. SETTING The Burns Unit, St Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow serving children from south and...

Medical Conditions Associated with Nocturia

Nocturia had traditionally been considered part of an array of symptoms of some other primary disorder [ 1 ] . In 2002, the standardization subcommittee of the International Continence Society (ICS) proposed the fi rst standardization of nocturia terminology and this report has marked a new era in the approach to the management of nocturia. Since then, nocturia has begun to be recognized as a c...

Dermatologic conditions associated with diabetes.

The development of skin manifestations of diabetes affects up to two thirds of patients with both types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. Cutaneous manifestations of diabetes occur because of the microvascular complications of diabetes, impaired wound healing, and other yet undetermined mechanisms. This article summarizes the most frequent skin findings in patients with diabetes, and proposes treatmen...

Integrable Field Theory with Boundary Conditions