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The aim of this study was threefold: (1) Assess the pressure loss of two types of pressure garments that are used in the treatment of hypertrophic scars after burn injury, (2) investigate the influence of two different levels of compression on erythema and thickness of burn scars and (3) examine the association between erythema and thickness. The study was a prospective trial in which 76 burn scars...
Injury to the peripheral nerves is a common complication found in patients suffering from electrical burns. At present, there are many kinds of experimental models for electrical injury, but no report describes an animal-based experimental model for a relatively simple electrical injury to the peripheral nerves. We have designed and constructed a specific device to generate increasingly severe electrical...
A 3-year prospective study of burn victims hospitalized at a major burn center was conducted to determine the etiology and outcome of pediatric burns. One thousand one hundred sixty patients under the age of 14years identified and stratified by age, sex, burn size, presence or absence of inhalation injury, and cause of burn. The mean patient age was 2.2years, and the male:female ratio was 1.6:1. There...
Fires involving mass burn casualties require extreme efforts and flexibility from the regular health care system. The café fire in Volendam, which occurred shortly after midnight on the first of January 2001, resulted in the worst indoor mass burns incident in Dutch history. During the extensive medical evaluation of this disaster, it became obvious that information on similar incidents is relatively...
In the past, many patients were admitted for a minimum of 72h for split-thickness skin grafting (STSG). Several factors have caused us to discharge burn patients on the same day or within 24h following STSG. We have reviewed outcomes of such patients to determine whether early discharge has an adverse effect on graft outcome and to determine patient acceptance of this new procedure. We retrospectively...
The gold standard for management of extensive burn has been early excision, temporary allografting and final autografting. However, “lack of donor skin” is a challenge condition when autografting in the treatment of extensive burns. Designing an efficient and easy to apply expansion method may improve burn care quality and shorten the hospital stay period.From December 1998 to May 2004, we have performed...
To describe the risk factors, etiology and referral patterns of elderly patients treated for minor burns in an urban emergency department (ED).A retrospective chart review was conducted of persons aged 65 years and older who were treated for a minor burn and discharged home from the ED. Medical records were reviewed for 77 burn patients that presented over a 6-year period.Burn patients had significant...
The axilla is one of the most frequently sites affected by contractures after severe burns. These contractures often cause cosmetic problems and functional deficiency. A variety of therapeutic methods such as skin grafting, Z-plasties, local flaps, island flaps, and free flaps, have been reported for treatment of the contractures. Eeach has its own advantages and drawbacks. In this clinical study...
Grease burns occur commonly in the home during food preparation. It has been our observation that grease burns follow a particular pattern of injury. The purpose of this study was to review our institutional experience in the management of these burns to develop a classification scheme.We performed a retrospective review of patients admitted to our burn center with grease burns. Subjects were identified...
To inhibit surgical scarring by pretreating epidermis at the operation site.Eight patients who were to undergo operation through a modified incision incisions technique and other eight subjects presenting for skin grafting were recruited. For the modified incision patients a method to make the site ‘epidermis-free’ was developed. At the operating site a split thickness rectangular skin flap was raised...
Sauna-related burns are rare, even in Finland where sauna bathing is a popular leisure pastime. Burns induced by hot air are even more rare and constitute a very small subgroup of all sauna burns. Hot air burns are characterised by a combination of full thickness skin damage with deep tissue destruction. We report here on six consecutive patients suffering from hot air sauna burns with rhabdomyolysis...
The prevalence of metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) produced by isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii and the activities of various antmicrobial combinations against MBL producer strains were investigated. During the period from June 2003 till July 2004, 120 P. aeruginosa and 9 A. baumannii nonduplicate isolates were obtained from burn wounds. Forty strains (37 P. aeruginosa, 3...
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the static thermography figure of merit ΔT (the difference in mean values of skin area temperature for the burn wound area and the unaffected reference skin area) and a means of burn classification which would be most suitable for the choice of treatment. The work was an in vivo animal experiment. Statistical analysis showed a high correlation...
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