Mortality pattern of burn patients admitted in S. G. M. Hospital Rewa: A teaching institute of central India by S Lal, G K Yadav, Rachna Gupta, G P Shrivastava, S Singh, Jayanta Bain

“…Background: Burn injuries rank among the most severe types of injuries suffered by the human body with an attendant high mortality and morbidity rate. …”
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PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN PATIENTS WITH FIRE BURNS by Afsheen Masood, Fatima Kamran, Rafia Rafiq

“…CONCLUSION: Being male, married, illiterate, urban background, having history of domestic abuse, unemployed/housewives, having lower education level and experienced burn injuries less than one-year duration are significant psychosocial correlates of PTSD in patients with fire burns.…”
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Study of different facets of electrocution deaths: a 5-year review by Sachin Giri, Avinash Waghmode, Nilesh Keshav Tumram

“…The ratio of electric burn injuries to total burns was 1:6.5 while the ratio of electric burn injuries to total unnatural death was 1:49. …”
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A review on electrical burn and its complications: review article by Kamran Aghakhani, Maryam Ameri

“…When a body or part of it is completely located in a strong power supply field or a contact with a device that is connected to a high voltage power supply, the person experiences an electrical burn. Electrical burn injuries account for about 5% of beds in large burn centers. …”
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Prosthetic Facial Reconstruction in a Blast Injury Case by Richard Tyrell, MD, James Willcockson, MD, Bianca Rich, BS, Paul Tanner, MBA, CCA, Allison Crum, MD, Barbu Gociman, MD, PhD

“…The management of blast and burn injuries to the facial soft tissue and craniomaxillofacial skeleton has been a challenge since the inception of reconstructive plastic surgery. …”
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Development of a framework for managing severe burns through a 17-year retrospective analysis of burn epidemiology and outcomes by Ling Chen, Xiaochong He, Jishu Xian, Jianmei Liao, Xuanji Chen, Yue Luo, Zonghua Wang, Ning Li

“…The annual number of burn injuries has kept decreasing, which was partially attributed to the increased awareness and education of burn prevention and the improved burn-preventative circumstances. …”
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Epidemiology of Burns in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients of Fars Province between 2017 and 2018 by Mahnaz Yadollahi, Pooria Fazeli, Muhammad Ali Naqi, Mehrdad Karajizadeh, Sattar Parsaiyan

“…The number of boys who suffered from burn injuries is significantlymore than the girls (p=0.011). …”
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Platelet-Rich Plasma in Regenerative Medicine: Possible Applications in Management of Burns and Post-Burn Scars: A Review by Maryam Hosseini, Masoumeh Nouri, Morteza Zarrabi, Mohammad Fatemi, Anastasia Shpichka, Peter Timashev, Moustapha Hassan, Massoud Vosough

“…Contribution of platelets in tissue regeneration and their possible application in regenerative medicine, which is primarilymediated via secretion of granular components following platelet activation, has been well established in the recent decades.Therefore, platelet rich plasma (PRP), as a portion of plasma with higher concentrations of platelets than the baseline level,is now an attractive therapeutic option in various medical fields mainly for tissue repair and regeneration following injuries.Burn injuries are devastating trauma with high rate of morbidities affecting several aspects of the patient’s life. …”
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Review of History of Basic Principles of Burn Wound Management by Hyunjin Kim, Seongmee Shin, Donghoon Han

“…However, a consequence of using heat carelessly is burns. Burn injuries have various causes, such as exposure to flame, radiation, electrical, and chemical sources. …”
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Epidemiology profile of burn victims under 5 years at the university Hospital San Jose, Popayan, Colombia, 2000-2010 by Marco Fidel Sierra, Oscar Castro-Delgado, Ángela Merchán-Galvis, Andrea Salas-Mesías, Ivonne Muñoz-Rojas, Juan Carlos Caicedo, Jose Andres Calvache, Mario Delgado-Noguera

“…Background: Burn injuries in children are a growing public health problem both physical and psychological implications and socioeconomic. …”
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Epidemiology profile of burn victims under 5 years at the university Hospital San Jose, Popayan, Colombia, 2000-2010 by Marco Fidel Sierra, Oscar Castro-Delgado, Ángela Merchán-Galvis, Andrea Salas-Mesías, Ivonne Muñoz-Rojas, Juan Carlos Caicedo, Jose Andres Calvache, Mario Delgado-Noguera

“…Background: Burn injuries in children are a growing public health problem both physical and psychological implications and socioeconomic. …”
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Epidemiology of burns in a teaching hospital in south India by R. Raja Shanmugakrishnan, V. Narayanan, P. Thirumalaikolundusubramanian

“…despite many medical advances, burns continue to remain a challenging problem due to the lack of infrastructure and trained professionals as well as the increased cost of treatment, all of which have an impact on the outcome. there is very little information on the pattern of outcomes among burn patients in relation to clinical aspects in india.hence, the present study was undertaken in a burns unit to determine selected epidemiological variables, assess the clinical aspects (etiology, extent and anatomical location) and first aid measures adopted and finally to analyse the outcomes in cases of burn injuries. in addition, we have sought to suggest measures to remove myths about pre-hospital burn treatment and provide recommendations to healthcare professionals.…”
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Epidemiology of burns in a teaching hospital in south India by Shanmugakrishnan R, Narayanan V, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian P

“… Hence, the present study was undertaken in a burns unit to determine selected epidemiological variables, assess the clinical aspects (etiology, extent and anatomical location) and first aid measures adopted and finally to analyse the outcomes in cases of burn injuries. In addition, we have sought to suggest measures to remove myths about pre-hospital burn treatment and provide recommendations to healthcare professionals.…”
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14,000 Volt Electrical Injury to Bilateral Upper Extremities: A Case Report by J Lee, H Sinno, A Perkins, Y Tahiri, M Luc

“…Electrical burns are among the most devastating of burn injuries. High  voltage electrical injuries result in extensive deep tissue damage and are associ- ated with multiple complications, long term morbidity, and a high mortality rate. we  describe the case of a 47 year-old electric company linesman who suffered a high voltage electrical injury (HVEI) of 14,000 volts to bilateral hands and wrists managed by the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Mcgill University Health Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. …”
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Comparative analysis of medications for local treatment of burns on national and foreign markets by В. V. Vons, M. B. Chubka, T. A. Groshovyi, I. P. Stechyshyn

“…The problem of treatment of burn injuries are determined by the high frequency of their occurrence, the complexity and duration of treatment of such patients, with serious consequences. …”
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Burn Wound Care Strategies for the Battlefield and Austere Settings by Sarah Shingleton, Jared Folwell, Ian Jones, Michael Gleason, Alicia Williams

“…Flexibility, creativity, and the ability to adapt care to the tactical environment are key to the successful management of burn injuries in battlefield and austere settings.…”
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Pulmonary Edema: Classification, Mechanisms of Development, Diagnosis by V. V. Moroz, A. M. Golubev, A. N. Kuzovlev

“…This literature review considers the minor mechanisms of pulmonary extravas-cular water exchange in health and in different types of pulmonary edema (acute lung injury, pneumonia, sepsis, postoperative period, burns, injuries etc.), as well as the most accessible current (irradiation and dilution) studies permitting an estimate of the level of pulmonary extravascular water and the pulmonary vascular permeability index in clinical practice. …”
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Hyperammonaemic Encephalopathy Caused by Adult-Onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency by Bjarke Hammer Niclasen, Maria Therese Schelde-Olesen, Mads Astvad, Anders Løkke, Thomas Krøigård, Helle H. Nielsen

“…Seldomly, the condition is caused by an inborn error of metabolism in the urea cycle, triggered by an exogenic factor such as gastrointestinal haemorrhage, gastric bypass surgery, starvation, seizures, vigorous exercise, burn injuries, or drugs hampering the elimination of ammonia. …”
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Vibrio mimicus wound infection in a burn patient by Anne Yang, Mohamed Yassin, Tung Phan, MD,PhD

“…In this study, we report a case of the polymicrobial burn wound infection involving V mimicus in a 56-year-old male, who was transferred from an outside hospital to the inpatient burn unit after sustaining traumatic and burn injuries in a firework explosion accident. The patient underwent surgical treatment and antibiotics with good improvement. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Autologous Activated Platelet-rich Plasma Therapy on Mid-dermal to Full-thickness Burns: A Case Series by Karina Karina, Krista Ekaputri, Johannes Albert Biben, Pritha Hadi, Hubert Andrew, Patricia Marcellina Sadikin

“…Although modern medicine has made great strides in the management of burn injuries, associated complications such as pain, infection, dyspigmentation, and scarring have yet to be fully dealt with. …”
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