Inhalation injury greatly increases the incidence of respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome. It is also the cause of most early deaths in burn victims. The aim of this research is to study the incidence, early diagnosis, complications, and management of inhalation injury and to discuss the relationship between inhalation injury and death in burn patients. The study included...

Burn units provide a unique set of resources to patients with complex wounds, sepsis, and organ failures. This resource set is useful in a number of traumatic, infectious, and medical conditions as well. Further, many burn patients have sustained simultaneous non-burn trauma which will be managed in burn programs.

background: telemedicine has been used in different fields of medicine in the past 20 years. the main advantages of this technology include saving costs, improving quality of care, and increasing access to specialists. this study aimed to review telemedicine applications in treating burn patients.   methods: in this systematized review study, related papers were searched using various databases...

background: burns are among the most common traumas in developing countries, which consume large amounts of medical resources. it is important to find an appropriate material for dressing of burn wounds that improves healing and is readily available, easily applicable, and economical.   methods: in a single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial from march to october 2006, 211 patients with...

BACKGROUND Patients with major burn injuries frequently develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) has been used successfully in our regional burn center since 1999 for the management of oxygenation failure secondary to ARDS and as a method of intraoperative ventilation to allow surgical burn wound excision to proceed, despite the presence ...

background and objectives: the burn injuries are one of the serious public health problems which impose a high economic burden on patients and their family, health sector and community in general. this study aimed to explore epidemiological data of burn patients and factors influencing costs of hospitalization due to burn injuries in kermanshah province situated in western iran.   methods: the ...

Burns are considered one of the most common and shocking forms of trauma. Patients with serious thermal or electrical injury necessitate immediate specialized care to minimize morbidity and mortality. Electrical burns and burn injuries caused by fire, hot liquids, and contact with hot surfaces, have been recognized as a significant and major public health problem in most developing countries. B...

BACKGROUND Metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the burn patients is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality and remains a serious health concern among the clinicians. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to detect MBL-producing P. aeruginosa in burn patients and determine multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, and respective resistance patterns. PATIENTS AND METH...

Advanced Burn Life Support emphasizes endotracheal intubation for patients with facial burns before transfer to a burn center to prevent airway obstruction. Many patients are intubated before transport and are often extubated shortly after burn center arrival. We hypothesize that many intubations performed before burn center transport are unnecessary. We conducted a retrospective review of all ...