Burns are the most frequent injury among paediatric patients. The injury, treatment, and rehabilitation process affect children not only physiologically but also psychologically. In this prospective study of burn victims aged 12 yr and less hospitalized in our burns centre (Emergency Hospital) between July 2001 and August 2005, three age groups were considered (0-12 months, 1-6 yr, and 7-12 yr)...

BACKGROUND Burns are among the preventable traumas encountered during childhood. Burn injuries are mostly classified as scalds, flame, electric, and chemical burns. However, each subject has some difference in the course of treatment related to the sub-etiologies. To reveal the importance of milk burns, scald burn patients were studied retrospectively. METHODS Demographics of the patients, bu...

Chemical hazards are one of the most dangerous hazards occurring in any industries that uses them. Several devastating effects like explosion, environmental pollution, asphyxiation, acid burns, and skin disorders, chronic and acute conditions of several diseases might occur due to the leakage of the poisonous chemicals. This project deals in the control of the chemical hazards in a Stainless St...

While there are reports regarding burns occurring to patients during the surgery, there are little reports concerning the incidents of the burns related to neurosurgical operations. Moreover, in Korea, even surveys and statistics on the incidents of burns in operating rooms are not known. This report explores burns occurring to a patient in an electrocautery scenario after disinfecting the surg...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to perform a retrospective analysis of the causes of burns observed in children in the eastern provinces of Turkey. METHOD In this study, patients were studied retrospectively with regard to their age, sex, cause of burns, seasonal variations, social and economic factors, length of hospital stay, burned body surface area, medical history, site of injury, an...

AIM To analyze the causes, demographic and socio-cultural aspects, and the magnitude of burn injuries prospectively and to evaluate the outcome of treatment of patients admitted to burns ICU of tertiary care hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 892 burn patients admitted over a period of 6 years from January 2002 to December 2007 at tertiary care hospital in Punjab, India, were analyzed...

OBJECTIVE Cement burns account for relatively few admissions to a burn unit; however, these burns deserve separate consideration because of special features of diagnosis and management. Cement burns, even though potentially disabling, have rarely been reported in literature. METHODS A retrospective review was performed of all patients admitted with cement burns injuries to the national burns ...

Burns make a significant contribution to paediatric hospital admissions; in 1 year, around 50,000 such patients attended accident and emergency departments and of these approximately 6400 attend a burns unit. Most burns occur at home, usually in the kitchen and bathroom. The aetiology changes with age; younger children suffer more scalds, older children more flame burns. Outwardly, burns treatm...

PURPOSE To evaluate the gene expression of KGF, TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta in skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes cultured from burned patients. METHODS Three patients with large burns and three patients with small burns, as well as two controls, were included. The cell culture was initiated by the enzymatic method. After extraction and purification of mRNA, qPCR was used to assess the gene expre...

Aim: This study aims at comparing the epidemiology of chemical burns between the burn units of a developing country such as India and that of the developed countries Materials and methods: 60 Chemical burn Patients who attended and were admitted in a tertiary burn centre of India (catering to the north Indian population), in the year 2008 were considered for the study and a comparison between t...