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People aged ≥65 years represent a growing population within burns units in the Western world. In 2001, this group was reported to rise to 20% of such admissions. We reviewed the records of 265 burn cases with complete admission and discharge histories, from January 1990 to December 2003 in an A-level regional burns centre.The predictive value of age, gender, total body surface area burned (TBSA),...
La neurostimulation lors des blocs nerveux périphériques doit logiquement suivre un déroulement stéréotypé après vérification du neurostimulateur et de l'intégrité du circuit électrique. Nous rapportons quatre circonstances cliniques où l'absence de localisation du nerf périphérique était liée à un défaut du circuit électrique non diagnostiqué et proposons une procédure simple et efficace pour en...
Plasma levels of visceral proteins (VP) are commonly used for evaluation of nutritional status. Low values observed in burn patients are caused by several factors including microvascular hyper-permeability and inflammatory processes. The aim of the study was to define a range of standard values specific to burn patients. Retrospective review: from days post-burn 12 to 43, four VP and three acute...
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