BACKGROUND Burn injuries can have adverse effects on quality of life of patients and can disturb their physiological, psychological, social and spiritual well-being. This study aimed to investigate the effect of multimedia self-care program on quality of life in burn patients. METHODS This Randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted from November 2015 to December 2016. The samples w...

Abstract Introduction While single-institution studies have described the relationship between hypothermia, burn severity, and complications, there are no national estimates on how temperature admission impacts hospital mortality. This study aims to evaluate complications a scale expose opportunities for improved outcomes. Methods The US National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) was analyzed 2007-2018. ...

A 6-year-old previously healthy girl presented with extensive bullous skin lesions involving approximately 25% of her total body surface area (TBSA). She initially presented 9 days earlier with low-grade fever, bilateral non-exudative conjunctival injection, cough, and rash. Her rash appeared as raised, erythematous target lesions that began behind her ears and then progressed to involve her fa...

BACKGROUND Self-inflicted burn injuries carry considerable mortality and morbidity among otherwise fit young individuals. This study assessed the epidemiologic pattern and outcome of these injuries in a burn care facility in Pakistan. METHODS The study was carried out at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Burn Care Centre in Islamabad over a period of 2 years. It included all adult...

Burns are an important cause of injury to young children, being the third most frequent cause of injury resulting in death behind motor vehicle accidents and drowning. Burn injuries account for the greatest length of stay of all hospital admissions for injuries and costs associated with care are substantial. The majority of burn injuries in children are scald injuries resulting from hot liquids...

Restrictive strabismus encompasses several conditions, all of which share the characteristic of one or more muscles being bound downand therefore preventing theeye frommoving as its antagonist contracts. This may be caused by fibrotic changes in the muscle and orbit of congenital origin, autoimmune dysfunction, or iatrogenic cause. These very diverse disorders all share the property of preventi...

Background: The routine use of sedoanalgesia has increased the number potential minor surgical procedures that can be performed in Emergency Department (ED) without requiring general anesthesia and, thus, hospital admission. Our aim is to analyze effectiveness and safety childhood burns treated ED. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted burned children whom burn debridement under ED betwe...

A high number of self-burning injuries are noted in Batticaloa. The epidemiology, outcome and psychosocial aspects of 87 patients admitted with such burns over a 2-year-period was studied. The patients were compared with accidental burns and patients using other methods of suicide. Seventy nine percent of the victims were females and 72% were in the 15-34 years age-group. Most had marital probl...