OBJECTIVE The goal of this concise review is to provide an overview of some of the most important resuscitation and monitoring issues and approaches that are unique to burn patients compared with the general intensive care unit population. STUDY SELECTION Consensus conference findings, clinical trials, and expert medical opinion regarding care of the critically burned patient were gathered an...

The objective of this article is to outline the elements of an international burn care outreach program in a resource-constrained country. The program has grown from a collaborative effort with Ukrainian physicians and healthcare officials. With this collaboration, a multipronged approach has been developed to address the gaps in burn care as discovered by years of interaction with the medical ...

BACKGROUND Electrical burns are associated with complications and may aggravate burned patients. AIM To evaluate the effect of electrical burns in mortality and length of stay in a critical care unit for burn patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of medical records of 182 patients aged 15 to 90 years, admitted to an intensive care unit for burn patients. The length of stay a...

107 THE INFLUENCE OF PRE-EXISTING PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS ON RECOVERY IN BURN INJURY PATIENTS: THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOSIS AND DEPRESSION On the basis of the hypothesis that burn patients with a co-morbid psychiatric illness would have poorer outcomes in recovery from their injuries than patients with equivalent burn injuries but without preexisting psychiatric illness, 190 consecutive admissions to a ...

Burn injuries, a unique form of trauma which is sometimes avoidable,1 are categorized among the most severe injuries an individual can experience. 2,3 Burns represent a major health problem worldwide, with high mortality and morbidity,4-7 and economic loss, even with small burns.1,8 Causes, types and incidence of burns vary from one community to another and are influenced by age, sex, economic ...