The literature provides about 100 different definitions of the concept shock(G. Bernard, 2001). A large number are directly dependent on reasons that caused it. Burn shock is first stage burn disease and develops when surface body affected by an area 10-15% for superficial 5-10% deep burns.This article discusses optimization intensive therapy shock.Keywords:pathogenesis, stages burns, treatment...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate preschool children with major burns under inpatient treatment and to examine the reasons for those burns. Method: We retrospectively studied 255 patients between 0 and 5 years of age who suffered from major burns and who received inpatient treatment in the Burn Unit based on the guidelines of the American Burn Association between 2009 and 2011. The...

BACKGROUND Early cooling with 10 - 20 minutes of cool running water up to 3 hours after a burn has a direct impact on the depth of the burn and therefore on the clinical outcome of the injury. An assessment of the early cooling of burns is essential to improve this aspect of burns management. OBJECTIVES To assess the rates and adequacy of prehospital cooling received by patients with severe b...

the current study investigated the types of accidents and their effects among 0-14 year old children during the months of ordibehesht-mordad of 1990 in tabriz, iran. a total of 717 patients were randomly selected from the patients admitted at two hospitals. a questionnaire was used to interview the subjects or their family members present at the hospital. results indicated that automobile accid...

background advances in the care of burn injuries have resulted from the efforts of regional patient-based specialist teams at burn care centers. objectives we conducted this study to assess the four-year epidemiology of burn injuries in rasht, iran. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, medical records of 2274 burn patients, treated at velayat hospital from january 2007 to decemb...

Porcine thermal burns have been widely employed for examining the beneficial effects of novel burn treatments prior to clinical application and for understanding the mechanisms of burn wound healing 1, 2. The advantages of these porcine burns over other animal burns are well described by others, such as the well described close resemblance to human skin in structure and in wound healing. Import...

BACKGROUND European studies of paediatric foot burns report scalds as the leading cause. Mechanisms of injury are different in warmer climates. We sought to characterize the mechanisms and outcomes of isolated foot burns in our population. METHODS Retrospective review of a prospectively collected database of all children aged 0-15 years presenting to a Queensland paediatric burns centre over ...