OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of administered ethyl pyruvate (EP), a novel anti-inflammatory agent, on oxidoinflammatory and apoptotic pathways in the lung tissue of rats in a full-thickness burn model. METHODS The study took place in Ankara Research and Training Hospital Animal Laboratory, Turkey in June 2006. Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into 4 groups in equal numbers as sha...

The UMTRI Airbag Skin Burn Model has been improved through laboratory testing and the implementation of a more flexible heat transfer model. A new impinging jet module based on laboratory measurements of heat flux due to high-velocity gas jets has been added, along with an implicit finite-difference skin conduction module. The new model can be used with airbag gas dynamics simulation outputs, o...

This study was conducted to determine the causes and outcomes of burn in patients referred to Shahid Mohammadi Hospital in Bandar Abbass, southern Iran, in which 212 burned patients were assessed from March 2007 to March 2008 .Mean age of patients was 22.14 yr. Heat contact was the main cause of burn with 92.5%. 49.1% of total burns occurred among less than 20 yr old people. Mortality rate was ...

A body of data supports the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy in the treatment of thermal burns, but the role of HBO2 in the treatment of burn injury remains a subject of controversy. The aim of this study was to evaluate possible positive effects of HBO2 on the experimental burn wound healing. Deep second degree burns were produced on the depilated backs of 70 male Wistar rats using...

Almost one-third of all burn centre admissions involve children under the age of ten years. Caring for the burned child continues to demand the close attention of a multidisciplinary team to the patient's many needs. Paediatric burns impose enormous economic burdens on families and on society as a whole. Scald burns secondary to household accidents predominate in most series, constituting 70% o...

BACKGROUND Currently, an estimated 7.9 million US adults use electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). Although published reports have identified fires and explosions related to use of ENDS since 2009, these reports do not provide national estimates of burn injuries associated with ENDS batteries in the US. FINDINGS We analyzed nationally representative data provided in the National Electr...

The aim of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics of burnt children in need of hospitalization, causes of burns and associated complications in Fars province, Iran. This is a retrospective cross-sectional study. Files of all children under 15 years of age who were hospitalized in the only burn referral centre of Fars province were evaluated. Data regarding age, gender, loca...

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...

Degradation processes, caused by the extreme values of current pulses or thermal burn-in, are studied in thermistors with negative temperature coecient of resistance. The drift of thermistor resistance at 25°C is observed. These changes depend on the value and the number of current pulses. The ®rst 100 cycles are the basic ones for the future exploitation parameters of thermistors. Similar e€e...

Thermal injury can trigger a fulminant inflammatory cascade that can lead to sepsis and death. Although several prior studies have documented impairments in neutrophil chemotaxis concurrent with these post-burn inflammatory changes, cumbersome assays have prohibited further exploration of the significance of these findings. To address this need, we developed a microfluidic device that is simple...