Despite preventive measures, incidence of burns is still one of the important medical problems. Nowadays, it has been suggested that some strains of probiotic bacteria have beneficial effects in treatment of skin injures like skin wounds. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus on second-degree burn wounds in rats. Second-degree burn wounds were ind...

Background Burn dressings, debridement, surgical incisions, skin grafting and physical therapy are some of painful treatments of burn. According to the studies, distraction techniques have a significant effect on patients’ pain. The present study was designed and conducted to determine the effect of distraction on pain of dressing change in second degree burn in 3-6 year-old children. Materials...

background: burn injuries and their complications are still considered major threats to society’s health standards. the aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological profile, outcome, and factors associated with children’s burn injuries in shahroud (northeastern iran). methods: this cross-sectional study was performed over a three-year period (2013–2015) on children 12 years and under w...

Definitions It is very important for the clinician caring for a burn victim to know the depth, or degree, of burn. A first-degree burn is superficial, dry, painful to touch, and heals in less than 1 week. A second-degree burn is partial thickness and pink or possibly mottled red. It exhibits bullae or frank weeping on the surface. It usually is painful unless classified as deep and heals in 1 t...

background : burn wounds are one of the health problems in modern societies that are associated with irreparable harms and many side problems for patients and their families. infection due to burn wounds is the main cause of death in such patients. one of the methods to prevent infection of burn wounds is topical antibiotic ointments. this study aimed to investigate and identify effective ointm...