Scalding with unheated water in the first tank of a simulated three-tank scalder was tested to determine whether carcass bacteria, efficiency of feather removal, and cooked breast meat tenderness are affected as compared with carcasses scalded at the same temperature (57 C) in all tanks. This experiment was performed on 3 d using 6-wk-old broilers. On each day, eight birds per treatment were pr...

Thomas Brinkmeier, Rudolf A. Herbst, Joerg Schaller, Katrin Kuegler, Claudia Pirker, Ulrike Beiteke, Edouard Grosshans and Peter J. Frosch Department of Dermatology, Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, Beurhausstrasse 40, DE-44137 Dortmund and University of Witten/ Herdecke, Germany, Dermatohistologic Laboratory, St Barbara-Hospital, Duisburg, Germany and Laboratoire d’Histopathologie Cutanee, Clinique De...

Thermal injuries in young children involving the buttocks, perineum, and lower limbs raise suspicion of child abuse. Determining manner death ruling out homicide a fatal case scalding remains challenge for forensic practitioners. One such issue is reported present report, where medicolegal evaluation scald two-year-old girl discussed. Young sustaining serious from scalds grave social con...

Mitsugumin 53 (MG53), a newly identified muscle-specific protein, is an essential component of the cell membrane repair machinery in skeletal and cardiac muscle. However, the role of MG53 after burns in other tissues remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the possible roles of MG53 in the protection of the kidney after severe burn injury, and an animal scalding model of 30% of total bo...

A 61-year-old man presented to the emergency department with second degree burns along his right arm and hand. He reported that his knees suddenly gave out while holding a pot of soup resulting in the scalding liquid spilling over his arm. His medical history is significant for alcohol abuse, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure with preserved eje...

Although many treatments have been applied to treat hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC), therapeutic outcome is not altogether satisfactory. In the case of locally recurring HRPC, uncontrolled gross hematuria, dysuria, and scalding are often experienced. We report a patient who improved following intra-arterial infusion of cisplatin (CDDP) and ifosfamide (IFM) to treat urinary retention c...