The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of using serial bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALFs) to characterize the course of cell damage and inflammation in the airways of pediatric patients with acute burn or inhalation injury. This was a prospective, longitudinal, descriptive pilot study conducted at the Burn and Pediatric Intensive Care Units in a tertiary care medical center. Six...

BACKGROUND Surgical excision of burn wounds is often associated with severe bleeding. Timely and targeted correction of coagulopathy reduces transfusion requirements and improves survival in trauma victims. We hypothesized that rapid correction of coagulopathy after a treatment algorithm based on point-of-care viscoelastic coagulation testing would decrease allogeneic blood product transfusions...

background and objectives: pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most important causative agents of nosocomial infections especially in icu and burn units. p. aeruginosa infections are normally difficult to eradicate due to acquired resistance to many antibiotics. recent appearance of carbapenem resistant p. aeruginosa isolates is considered a major healthcare problem. the present study was cond...

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...

Background: Non-accidental burns may not be detected unless a complete history of the accident and a detailed physical examination is obtained. Self-inflicted burns are a regular source of admission to burn units. Case presentation: An 11 year old boy with multiple localized burn injuries was brought to the emergency department of burn hospital by his mother. The lesions were in diff...

The face and scalp define functionally and aesthetically important units. Traumatic deformities of the head and neck region resulting from burn injuries, gunshot wounds, or ablative tumor surgeries may be presented as a single defect, such as of the skin, the subcutaneous tissue, or the muscle, or as a combination defect involving all three units. The optimal reconstruction of these specialized...

Conclusion Of all infections detected in the five intensive care units included in this study, the incidence of Acinetobacter Baumannii was found to be 17.1% in 2008, 18.8 % in 2009 and 22.6% in 2010. The incidence rate increased over the years in our hospital, which however did not reach statistical significance. (P= 0.437)Concerning the intensive care units, a statistically significant decrea...

background: increasing resistance of pseudomonas aeruginosa to ciprofloxacin in icu/burn units has created a problem in the treatment of infections caused by this microorganism. methods: fifty p. aeruginosa strains were isolated from burn patients hospitalized in the kerman hospital during may 1999-april 2000 and were tested for in-vitro sensitivity to different antibiotics by disc diffusion br...

Self-inflicted burns (SIB) are responsible for 2-6% of admissions to Burn Units in Europe and North America, and for as many as 25% of admissions in developing nations. Recently, a promising new tool was proposed to stratify SIB patients in the following subgroups: "typical", "delirious", and "reactive". However, as far as the authors know, the clinical usefulness of this instrument has not yet...