Burn injury is one of the most common and devastating forms of trauma and a major health problem of pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide. The risk of infection in pediatric burns is well-known. An observational checklist was used by the researcher to assess the patients’ characteristics and factors related to burn injury and infection from 1037 pediatric patients. The observational data ...

Little has been reported on the effects of repeated prescribed burning southern United States’ forest soils, especially when site preparation is not fire objective. This study was aimed at identifying any correlations between soil chemical properties among differing burn intervals and them. Sampling performed in 36 plots three sites with two different (2–3 years biannually) measured properties:...

We describe the case of a 77 year-old Japanese woman who was referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital with symptoms of spontaneous intraoral pain and dysphagia evoked by accidental alkaline (calcium oxide) ingestion. The stomach and esophagus were examined under endoscopy, but no evidence of burns or ulceration associated with the...

Yet for numerical simulations of detonation waves in plastic binded explosives (PBX) empirical pressure dependent reaction rates, such as ``Forest fire'' or the ``Ignition and Growth'' model, are typically used. The underlying reason for this disparity between between fundamental chemical rate laws and empirical burn models is due to the fact that a PBX is a heterogeneous material consisting of...

burns are injuries which may require long hospitalization and may result in important impairment and disability. burn injuries are still common especially in developing countries. assessment of the epidemiology of burns is very important for introduction of preventive methods. this study was conducted in yazd to assess and describe the epidemiology of burns including its main causes, and its de...

PURPOSE To evaluate the role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in the wound healing process following severe chemical burns to the ocular surface. METHODS Chemical burning of the ocular surface was induced in mice (C57BL/6) via the application of 0.1 M NaOH. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) mRNA expression ...

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...

Low-elevation ponderosa pine ecosystems of the inland northwestern United States experienced frequent, low-severity fire that promoted open stands dominated by large diameter ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa). Fire exclusion has led to increased stand densities, often due to proliferation of less fire-tolerant species and an increased risk of stand-replacing wildfire. These fundamental changes h...

BACKGROUND Chemical burns caused by hydrofluoric acid (HF) frequently occur in the Western Zhejiang Province. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of HF burns within this region. METHODS A 10-year retrospective analysis was conducted using data from all inpatients with HF burns. These patients were treated at the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery at our ho...