Infection is the primary source of mortality in burn patients. One of the main treatment methods of burn wound infections is topical antimicrobial therapy, in which drugs have to permeate a dead tissue called eschar. Unfortunately, most antimicrobial agents can not permeate eschar in therapeutic levels. Surprisingly, permeation properties of this barrier and effects of chemical or environmental...

BACKGROUND Crocodile oil and its products are used as ointments for burns and scalds in traditional medicines. A new ointment formulation - crocodile oil burn ointment (COBO) was developed to provide more efficient wound healing activity. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the burn healing efficacy of this new formulation by employing deep second-degree burns in a Wistar rat model. The an...

conclusions the current study highlights that the high level of resistance to many antibacterial agents and a gradual increase in the degree of per, oxa-10, shv and tem esbls among the majority of imipenem resistant p. aeruginosa isolated from patients with burn infection is an enormous threat in burn centers in iran. results the results showed that the majority of isolates (88%) were multi-dru...

BACKGROUND Burns continue to be responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In this study we aimed to determine the factors affecting mortality and epidemiological data by examining the records of burned patients. METHOD The hospital records of 980 patients who were hospitalised in the Burns Unit at Dicle University Hospital (DUH) between June 1994 and July 19...

aloe vera is a tropical plant belonging to the liliaceae family. it has beneficialeffects in variety of diseases. the aim of this study was to formulate a topical cream from a. vera with wound burn healing effect and to perform its clinical trial. a total of 30 patients (20 males and 10 females in the age range of 20-50 years) with second degree burn wounds on their both hands were selected for...

A burn case of 42-year-old female patient due to pressure cooker explosion associated with mandibular fracture is presented. After early tangential excision of the deep second- and third-degree-burn areas, a split-thickness skin grafting was applied. Open reduction and internal fixation therapy with miniplate system were done for linear symphysis fracture. As much as we know, there was no repor...

undoubtedly, attempt to self-inflicted burning needs special conditions for special individuals. self-inflicted burn is highly depended on individual and social factors. this study is aimed at evaluating the burning percent, age, economical conditions, educational levels, occupation, and marital status of the self-inflicted burn females of taleghani hospital. this is a descriptive- sectional st...

Introduction: Dry thermal burns are one of the most devastating conditions encountered in health. The dry thermal burns injury represents an assault on all aspects of the patient, from the physical to the psychological. Autopsy has previously been shown to be a useful retrospective diagnostic tool; however we challenge its reliability as a result of our study. The percentage of TBSA involved is...

Histological examination of burn injuries in elephants revealed that the depth was not as severe as expected from clinical observation. Although the actual burn depth was deep, the thickness of elephant skin, especially the dermis, resulted in the lesions being classified as less severe than expected. Examination of skin samples from selected areas showed that most lesions were either superfici...