OBJECTIVE This study uses Missouri's inpatient and outpatient E code data system to describe the demographic characteristics of Missouri children who suffered burn injuries during 1994 and 1995. METHODS Retrospective review of Missouri E code data. RESULTS Altogether 8,404 children aged 0-14 years were treated for burn injuries in Missouri hospitals during 1994 and 1995. The rate of burn in...

The aim of this work is to design and fabricate a small scale de-feathering machine investigate into the optimal operational parameters for de-feathering. fabricated has its electric motor placed by side easy coupling, detachability prolonged life span motor. It door removal carcass. materials used fabrication were carefully selected ensure minimal damage scalding temperature 60 o C, time 56.56...

In writing about the management of burns it is important to distinguish clearly between: (a) Treatment applied as a purely temporary measure at the scene of the accident, before the patient is despatched to a hospital or doctor. This is strictly first aid. (b) The formal treatment, carried out by a doctor or nurse, whether in the horiie, the surgery or the hospital, who has adequate facilities ...

As the heading of this Note implies, it is intended here to treat of the subject of the desquamation which follows every case of scarlet fever, however slight, both in regard to its bearings on the patient himself and also those with whom any cast-off particles may come into contact. Take first the process of desquamation. This, as we all know, varies very much in different individuals, and som...

WHEN I had the pleafure of feeing you in London in June laft, I promifed, upon my arrival here, to communicate to you my method of curing burns and icalds. I have been prevented by bufinefs from performing my promife fo foon as I could have wilhed, but I will now attempt it, and I hope I (hall make myfelf intelligible to you. ITi'aVe already mentioned to you that my firfl application and mod po...

Scald burns by domestic tap water constitute a painful, potentially debilitating, and sometimes-fatal form of thermal injury. In this setting, the very young and older members of the population are particularly susceptible, owing in part to having thinner skin, which renders them more susceptible to thermal insult. Various codes have set forth a safety standard for maximum delivery temperature ...

Burn injuries are an important global health problem. Most simple burns can be managed by general practitioners in primary care, but complex burns and all major burns warrant a specialist and skilled multidisciplinary approach for a successful clinical outcome. This article discusses the principles behind managing major burns and scalds using an evidence based approach andprovides a framework f...

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Review of the records of 678 children with acute injuries referred during an eight-year period to this burn unit indicated that flame burns from a single ignition source (50%) outranked scalds (27%) or house fires (12%) as causes of injury. There was no temporal trend in the rank pattern. The majority of these single-source flame injuries were severe and involved ignition of the child's clothin...

Burns are the second leading cause of death in children. This study investigates the distribution and pattern of childhood burn injuries in a private setup. The study was conducted in Rawalpindi, Pakistan from January 2006 to December 2008. Only paediatric patients ≤ 12 years of age were included in the study. All paediatric burn patients (in- as well as out-patients) were included. A total of ...