BACKGROUND With various changes implemented such as perioperative antibiotics for tangential excision, this retrospective study reviews the infection profile of burn patients at Singapore's only centralized burns unit. Worldwide, the appearance of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) continues to worsen patient outcomes. This study also surveys the role of...

Background: Thermal burn injuries impair the host defence system. Hence, in the present study, we aimed at investigating the changes in the number and phenotype of peripheral blood lymphocyte populations (T, B, and natural killer cells) and their subpopulations in patients with thermal burns and determining the relationships with different sizes of total body surface area (TBSA).    ...

Background: Thermal burn injuries impair the host defence system. Hence, in the present study, we aimed at investigating the changes in the number and phenotype of peripheral blood lymphocyte populations (T, B, and natural killer cells) and their subpopulations in patients with thermal burns and determining the relationships with different sizes of total body surface area (TBSA). Methods: Blood...

Burns of less than 10% total body surface area (TBSA) are common injuries in children under five years age. The inflammatory response to burn injury is well recognised for burns greater 20% TBSA but has not been described smaller burns. aim this study was describe the systemic young with small-area Morbidity In Small Thermal Injury Children (MISTIC) a multicentre prospective observational cohor...

INTRODUCTION Several models for predicting mortality have been developed for patients with burns, and the most commonly used are based on age and total body surface area (TBSA%). They often show good predictive precision as depicted by high values for area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC). However the effect of coexisting morbidity on such prediction models has not to ou...

Aim To determine the epidemiology and clinical presentation, and any contributing factors responsible for burns and outcome of care in Kuwait over the 5-yr period January 2006 to December 2010. Patients and methods. The study reviewed 1702 burn patients admitted over the study period to the Saud Al Babtain Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center, Kuwait. Patient characteristics, includ...

INTRODUCTION Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) -8 and -9 are released from neutrophils in acute inflammation and may contribute to permeability changes in burn injury. In retrospective studies on sepsis, levels of MMP-8, MMP-9, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) differed from those of healthy controls, and TIMP-1 showed an association with outcome. Our objective was to investig...

The management of patients with massive burns remains a challenge. Early burn wound excision followed by timely coverage are key factors successful surgical treatment. As donor sites extremely limited, requires intermediate and expansion grafts. Although high expansions rates 1:6 to 1:9 feasible, they commonly known result in poor graft stability subpar aesthetic outcome. This report aims illus...

Background: Burn victims have higher levels of cell free DNA (cfDNA), which allows its use as a direct indicator cellular damage and burn vitality. Aim: Determination cfDNA in patients their correlation with total body surface area burned percent (TBSA%). Subjects methods: cases were evaluated to determine the prevalence age sex variations, period admission, TBSA%, etiology manner burns. The pl...