Burns are physically, psychologically and economically challenging injuries, and the factors leading to them are many and under-studied. The aim of the current study was to assess level of anxiety, depression and self-esteem in burn patients, and look at various burn-related variables that affect them. This cross-sectional study included 100 patients with burn injuries admitted to a tertiary ca...

BACKGROUND Many burns that occur in the first two decades of life are accidental and preventable. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic features, mortality, and other factors associated with pediatric burns in Istanbul, Turkey. METHODS Our retrospective study included 375 hospitalized pediatric patients (225 male, 150 female; mean age 4.07±3.79; range 0.2 to 16 years) aged 16...

This is a large cohort analysis in severely burned pediatric children to determine whether C-reactive protein (CRP) can be used as a predictor for severe infection or sepsis. Nine-hundred eighteen pediatric burn patients were enrolled in this study. CRP values were measured throughout acute hospitalization and for up to 6 months postburn. Demographic data, incidence of infection, surgical inter...

Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is consistently reported to have significant morbidity and mortality. Major burn patients who receive massive fluid resuscitation are at high-risk for this condition. Close monitoring of ACS is necessary for these patients. Prolonged unrelieved intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) at greater than 20 mmHg can produce significant morbidity and mortality. The most wi...

Background: Length of stay (LOS) is one contributor in hospital costs, and attention has been paid to reducing LOS without compromising the quality care for patients. Hospitals with a burn center have longer average than hospitals center, which can result higher hospitalization costs. This study aims identify epidemological clinical factors that affect Methods: We conducted retrospective cross-...

BACKGROUND Burn related injuries from natural disasters are not well described and natural disasters are not identified as an etiology of burn injury in the National Burn Repository (NBR) of the American Burn Association. The natural disaster Super Storm Hurricane Sandy had devastating effects. Our goal was to detail the burn related injuries following this natural disaster and to compare the d...

Abstract Introduction Early wound coverage remains one of the most essential variables influencing survival extensively burned patients, especially with a total surface area (TBSA) more than 50%. In patients limited donor sites, techniques such as e.g. Meek micrograft procedure or cultured epidermal allografts have proven to be viable methods. this systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis (MA) ...

the aim of this study was investigating the characteristic and outcome of self-immolation cases admitted to the burn centre of birjand, iran over an eight year period. this study is a retrospective review of case notes for patients with self-immolation and admitted to our referral burn centre in the last 8 years (january 2003-january 2011). a performa was designed to collect the data such as: d...

OBJECTIVE To determine clinico-pathological profile and outcome of inhalational burns in a specialized burns treatment unit. STUDY DESIGN Case-series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre Unit, Combined Military Hospital, Kharian Cantonment in March 2005. METHODOLOGY Patients of inhalational burns were included and evacuated within 30 hours of acc...