background :    acinetobacter baumannii has become one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections in recent years. the organism seems to be resistant to most classes of antibiotics. carbapenems are considered the most effective drugs for treatment of these infections. however, increasing emergence of carbapenem resistant a. baumannii has become a major healthcare problem.   methods :...

the effect of hand care education on hand's functional disorders in burn patients  sadat manzari z [1] , mohaddes ardebili f [2] *, bozorgnejad m [3]   received: 24 aug , 2013 accepted: 5 dec , 2013    abstract   background & aims : hand burn is the common and considerable cause of chronic disabilities, because it mostly causes functional disorders as abnormal movements in the hands. the a...

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...

conclusions the current study highlights that the high level of resistance to many antibacterial agents and a gradual increase in the degree of per, oxa-10, shv and tem esbls among the majority of imipenem resistant p. aeruginosa isolated from patients with burn infection is an enormous threat in burn centers in iran. results the results showed that the majority of isolates (88%) were multi-dru...

Self-burning is the most devastating burn injury. It is a common social and medical problem in Iran. In a longitudinal prospective study, from April 2003 to March 2006, all burn patients admitted to Ghotb-eddin burn Hospital were enrolled in this study. Suicide attempts by burning accounted for 283 (21.9%) of all burn patients admitted to the hospital. Most (68.2%) of self-burning patients were...

BACKGROUND Most of the acid- burns are due to assault or accidental. The epidemiology of burns is diverse across the world and within a country. We evaluated the epidemiology and outcome of acid-burns in tertiary health care center in Tehran, Iran. METHODS This study was retrospective descriptive among patients referred for acid-burn injury that was done in a referral Burn Care Center ...

conclusions: burn injury is a major health concern in the pediatric age group, and specific consideration and planning are required for its management. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the incidence and causes of burns in children under the age of 15 years in isfahan province, iran. patients and methods: all children admitted to the burn center of isfahan, the largest city in ...