Background/introduction MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MRHIFU) treatments may cause skin heating in the vicinity of the treatment site. Current MR thermometry methods do not provide reliable measurements of skin temperature either during the sonication or during the cooldown periods between sonications. These technical challenges require additional pauses to decrease the likelihoo...

South Africa has a high rate of childhood burns, with as many as 1300 deaths every year, many of which are thought to be preventable. South African investigations have described child burn circumstances of occurrence; perspectives on the aetiology and prevention of childhood burns; and descriptions of a number of prevention interventions. These reports have emphasised the vulnerability of espec...

Cover board arrays were used to measure the relative abundance of macroinvertebrates and terrestrial salamanders on prescribed burn and control sites in xeric southern Appalachians of northern Georgia and southeastern Tennessee pine-oak forests. Three microsite variables were measured at each cover board: cover board moisture level, temperature under the cover board, and soil moisture. Soil moi...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the epidemiological results of children with burns among different decades from 1970 to 2008. METHODS The clinical data of all children with burns younger than 14 years admitted between 1970 and 2008 were compared among different decades using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). RESULTS Of all patients with burns, children accounted...

PURPOSE To report a patient who sustained a spark fire burn during a routine pterygium operation. METHODS A 40-year-old woman was referred for pterygium excision in her left eye. During the operation a low temperature cautery caused a spark fire that resulted in left eye corneal burn, upper and lower eyelid burns, and melting of eyelashes and eyebrows bilaterally. RESULTS Topical antibiotic...

BACKGROUND Burn is still one of the most devastating injuries in emergency medicine while improvements in wound healing knowledge and technology have resulted into development of new dressings. This study was undertaken to evaluate the healing effect of licorice in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infected burn wounds of experimental rat model. METHODS One hundred and twenty female Sprague-Dawley rats...

Degradation processes, caused by the extreme values of current pulses or thermal burn-in, are studied in thermistors with negative temperature coecient of resistance. The drift of thermistor resistance at 25°C is observed. These changes depend on the value and the number of current pulses. The ®rst 100 cycles are the basic ones for the future exploitation parameters of thermistors. Similar e€e...

BACKGROUND Burn is still one of the most devastating injuries in emergency medicine while improvements in wound healing knowledge and technology have resulted into development of new dressings. This study was undertaken to evaluate the healing effect of licorice in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infected burn wounds of experimental rat model. METHODS One hundred and twenty female Sprague-Dawley rats ...

OBJECTIVE To assess risk factors for paediatric burn injuries in the Czech Republic and to suggest preventive measures. METHODS This study included all children aged 0-16 years hospitalized during 1993-2000 at the Prague Burn Centre and data from the Czech Ministry of Health on national paediatric burn hospitalizations during 1996-2006. Personal, equipment and environmental risk factors were ...

This study was done to know the changes in the levels of potassium in the vitreous humour of eye with increasing time since death by flame photometry method. 200 cases brought to the mortuary of Govt. Medical College, Patiala, formed the material of this study. The cases were divided in 2 groups, burn cases (24) and non-burn cases (176). The data thus collected was analyzed statistically. It wa...