BACKGROUND Burn injuries are a serious problem worldwide, with most occurrences in low- and middle-income countries. Depending on the extent of injury, burn victims are faced with the challenges of fitting into society due to complications such as extensive scarring and contractures. The current study seeks to determine whether epidemiological studies of burn patients can provide guidelines to ...

OBJECTIVE To establish baseline values of pneumonia incidence and mortality and to distinguish primary endogenous from secondary endogenous and exogenous pneumonias in a homogeneous patient population with severe burns. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING A six-bed burn ICU. PATIENTS All patients of > or = 14 years admitted to the ICU between January 1995 and June 1996 with a total body surface ...

Fire disturbance in boreal forests can release carbon to the atmosphere stored in both the aboveground vegetation and the organic soil layer. Estimating pyrogenic emissions of carbon released during biomass burning in these forests is useful for understanding and estimating global carbon budgets. In this work, we have developed a method to estimate carbon eƒ ux for the burned black spruce in an...

Background Worcester Hospital is a regional healthcare facility in the Western Cape, South Africa, without dedicated burns unit. Currently there limited data available of patient management outside academic institutions Africa. To describe incidence and demographics, to determine outcomes burn patients admitted Hospital. Methodology A retrospective descriptive study between 1 September 2016 31 ...

OBJECTIVE To highlight the demographic profile, various methods of self inflicted burn, and to probe into the problem by knowing various precipitating factors that may lead to self inflicted burn in our part of the country. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a study of 154 cases of self-inflicted burns treated at the Burn Emergency Unit of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro ...

The Cesium (Cs-137) isotopic concentration due to irradiation of TRIGA Fuel Elements FE(s) is calculated andmeasured at the Atominstitute (ATI) of ViennaUniversity of Technology (VUT). The Cs-137 isotope, as proved burn-up indicator, was applied to determine the burn-up of the TRIGAMark II research reactor FE. This article presents the calculations andmeasurements of the Cs-137 isotope and its ...

Gram-negative infections predominate in burn surgery. Until recently, Achromobacter species were described as sepsis-causing bacteria in immunocompromised patients only. Severe infections associated with Achromobacter species in burn patients have been rarely reported. We retrospectively analyzed all burn patients in our database, who were treated at the Intensive Care Burn Unit (ICBU) of the C...

Today, patients aged 15–44 years have at least a 50% chance of surviving a 70% total body surface area (TBSA) burn when treated in a specialist burns unit. Burns comprise up to 30% of combat injuries, depending on the nature of the conflict. However, a significant proportion — up to half — of burn injuries sustained by military personnel may not be combat-related, and are amenable to preventive...

BACKGROUND In 2011, the Department of Health of the Western Cape Province, South Africa, requested a review of current burn services in the province, with a view to formulating a more efficient and cost-effective service. This article considers the findings of the review and presents strategies to improve delivery of appropriate burn care at primary and secondary levels. METHODS Surveys were ...

OBJECTIVE To study the demographic and clinical factors associated with burn septicaemia patients in Kuwait. MATERIALS AND METHODS All burn in-patients, who developed septicaemia at the Burns Unit, Al-Babtain Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Kuwait, during a 9-year period (June 1992 to May 2001) were included in the study. The data were recorded for age, sex, nationality, cause and perce...