At the commencement of the Peru Burn Project (1) in 1951, great apprehension was aroused in many by the use of large quantities of isotonic saline solutions 6 in the treatment of burned patients, for it was believed that such therapy in individuals retaining sodium due to the stress reaction would overload the circulation and lead to death in pulmonary edema. The reason for this fear was based ...

background self-inflicted burn injuries carry considerable mortality and morbidity among otherwise fit young individuals. this study assessed the epidemiologic pattern and outcome of these injuries in a burn care facility in pakistan. methods the study was carried out at pakistan institute of medical sciences (pims) burn care centre in islamabad over a period of 2 years. it included all adult p...

Corneal neovascularization (CoNV), a pathological form of angiogenesis, involves the growth blood and lymph vessels into avascular cornea from limbus adversely affects transparency vision. Alkali burn is one most common forms ocular trauma that leads to CoNV. In this protocol, CoNV experimentally induced using sodium hydroxide solution in controlled manner ensure reproducibility. The alkali mod...

purpose: to evaluate the ability to predict visual outcome after penetrating keratoplasty (pkp) in patients with pseudophakic or aphakic corneal edema (pce or ace). methods: medical records of 34 patients (34 eyes) who underwent pkp for pce or ace during 1994-2004 in ahvaz were retrospectively analyzed for variables in the history and ocular examination before pkp and visual outcome after pkp. ...

the aims of this study were to determine some major biochemical alterations observed in first calving cows with udder edema during the periparturient period and to detect some associations between dietary factors and the disease. for that, the concentrations of some electrolytes (na+, k+, cl, ca2+, p and mg2+), lipid (triglycerides and cholesterol) markers and lipoproteins (hdl, ldl and vldl) a...

OBJECTIVE This article reports the first application of subatmospheric pressure management to a deep, partial-thickness human thermal burn. METHODS After cleaning the wound, the decision was made to treat the hand and distal forearm with subatmospheric pressure (V.A.C., KCI, Inc, San Antonio, Tex). The sponge was applied directly to the burned skin without additional interface at approximatel...

background: general practitioners are the first who visit burn patients and they first calculate burn size and required fluid for the patient. error in calculation can be disastrous. the purpose of this study is to compare four methods of estimating burn size to teach students. methods: this is a descriptive-analytic study on 37 medical students. four methods of estimating burn percentage was t...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE among burn patients, it is common to use colloidal substances under the justification that it is necessary to correct the oncotic pressure of the plasma, thereby reducing the edema in the burnt area and the hypotension. The aim here was to assess the risk of hospital mortality, comparing the use of albumin and crystalloid solutions for these patients. DESIGN AND SETTING ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 objective: occupational burns are among the important causes of work-related fatalities and absenteeism. epidemiologic assessment of these injuries is important to define high-risk jobs. we designed this study to evaluate the epidemiology of occupational burns in yazd, an industrial province in iran. materials and methods: th...