As a result of continuous development in the treatment of burns, the LD50 (the burn size lethal to 50% of the population) for thermal injuries has risen from 42% total body surface area (TBSA) during the 1940s and 1950s to more than 90% TBSA for young thermally injured patients. This vast improvement in survival is due to simultaneous developments in critical care, advancements in resuscitation...

OBJECTIVE Most of the literature about Curling's ulcer was published from 1960 through 1980. Therefore, an updated study of Curling's ulcer is needed. We analyzed the risk factors affecting ulcer incidence in burn patients. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of burn patients who were admitted to two burn centers. We collected information about the general characteristics ...

background: multi drug resistant (mdr) pseudomonas and acinetobacter species are defined as resistant to at least three classes of antibiotics. most studies have demonstrated that mdr gram negative infections convey increased mortality and morbidity. case: an 11-year –old girl was admitted to pediatric burns unit with burn injury of approximately 68% total body surface area (tbsa). discussion: ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess psychiatric disorders and their association with burn-related factors in a population of Turkish children with burns. METHODS Thirty-one children admitted to the Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Burn Unit between January 2013 and August 2013 were first assessed by the plastic surgeon, and then those with psychological symptoms were referred to a child ...

Background Data During the last decade, we have used recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH; 0.2 mg/kg/day SQ) to successfully treat 130 children with more than 40% total body surface area (TBSA) burns to enhance wound healing and decrease protein loss. A significant increase in the mortality of adult patients in the intensive care unit who were given rhGH has recently been reported in two larg...

This study examines the epidemiology and mortality of patients admitted with burns to a Red Cross hospital in Afghanistan between 1996 and 2000. Three hundred and eighty-eight cases were reviewed retrospectively (57% male, 43% female) with a median age of 8 years. Sixty-three percent were children. Scalds (44%) were the commonest injury followed by fire (37%). The median total body surface area...

OBJECTIVE To develop a quantitative tool to assess severity of mycosis fungoides. DESIGN Prospective analysis of a cohort. SETTING University department of dermatology-based cutaneous lymphoma clinic. PATIENTS From 1984 to 1995, 1186 visits from 323 referred patients seen in a multidisciplinary cutaneous lymphoma program. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Severity-weighted assessment tool (SWAT) sc...

OBJECTIVE Serum albumin levels have been used to evaluate the severity of the burns and the nutrition protein status in burn people, specifically in the response of the burn patient to the nutrition. Although it hasn't been proven if all these associations are fully funded. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the relationship of serum albumin levels at 3-7 days after the burn i...

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...