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The introduction of ablative fractional CO2 lasers (CO2-AFL) for burn scar management shows promising results. Whilst recent studies have focused on objective scar outcomes following CO2-AFL treatment, to date no data on patient subjective factors such as quality of life are available.A prospective study was initiated to analyze the safety and efficacy of the CO2-AFL. Various objective and subjective...
Infection is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity in burn patients. The incidence and frequency of microbiological micro-organisms are known to vary across different models of intensive care units. To date, no study has attempted to describe the different findings in burn patients treated in an open, general intensive care unit (GICU) versus a dedicated burns intensive care unit...
MRSA is an on-going problem for burn patients.To analyze risk factors for, and the effect of MRSA colonization on burn patients’ outcome.During 21 months burn patients’ details and MRSA isolates were analyzed, and a case–control study performed.Of 357 burn patients, 57 (16%) tested positive for MRSA. Compared to the MRSA negative group, MRSA positive patients had a higher median total burn surface...
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