To determine LA50 in Shahid Motahari burn hospital, Tehran, Iran by Narges Vasee, Nosratollah Badoohi, Malihe Molavi, Katayun Jahangiri, Alireza Babaee

“…Payesh2009; 8: 297-301Accepted for publication: 10 September 2008[EPub a head of print-20 Apr. 2009] Objective(s): Lethal area 50 (LA50) index reflects quality of resuscitation process and medical care better than mortality rate of burn injuries. The present study is to evaluate annual LA50 for evaluation and further modification of burns medical care.Methods: Medical records of 1326 hospitalized patients who immediately referred to Shahid Motahari burn hospital following burning during October 2004 to September 2005 were included. …”
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Physical injury: Is it inevitable or preventable? an experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kolkata, West Bengal by Bobby Paul, Debasish Sinha, Raghunath Misra, Mausumi Basu, Sribas Ray

“…Electricity caused 55.1% burn injuries. Faulty driving attributed to 47% of the RTAs as perceived by its victims. …”
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Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Resistance of Infections Among Hospitalized Burn Patients in Asia: A Systematic Review by Zean Zefenkey, Salah Mahdi Al-Bader, Hama Tellawi

“…Burn injuries cause a considered number of deaths, mainly due to infections. …”
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Efficacy of Early Application of Ablative Fractional CO Laser on Secondary Skin Contracture after Skin Graft by Hyungwoo Yoon, Yoon-kyu Chung, Jiye Kim

“…Background Ablative fractional carbon dioxide laser is widely used for the treatment of various scars including burn injuries. We applied ablative fractional CO2 laser on the skin graft scar of faces. …”
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Experiences of burn patients in Ghana: A qualitative study at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra by Lily Yarney, Elizabeth Yeboah, Rachael Hansen-Garshong

“…Background: Statistics on the trends of burn injuries in Ghana, Africa, and the world at large indicate unacceptable number of lives lost through burns. …”
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Non-fatal home injuries among the elderly in Tamil Nadu, India by Alex Joseph, M Bagavandas

“…When classified according to the types of injuries, majority of them had fall injuries (6.7%) followed by minor domestic injuries (5.4%), animal-related injury (0.2%), burn injuries (1.1%), road traffic injury (0.4%), and suicide attempt (0.8%). …”
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Knowledge & awareness of burn first aid among health-care workers in Saudi Arabia: Are health-care workers in need for an effective educational program? by Hatan Mortada, Nader Malatani, Hattan Aljaaly

“…Knowledge regarding antibiotic use in burn injuries was poor—1,199 (82.3%) study participants agreed that antibiotics are beneficial in the case of burns, which is a wrong act. …”
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An Etiology Report for Burns Caused by Korean Folk Remedies by Hong Sil Joo, Hyun Been Kim

“…The results emphasize the need for greater public awareness of the risk of burn injuries when using folk remedies.…”
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Epidemiological analysis of chemical burns: Does it reflect any change in trends? by Sunil Sharma, Piyush K Thayal, Praveen Kumar Arumugam

“…Introduction: Chemical burns constitute small proportion of cases among the total admissions due to burn injuries. The spectrum of severity of illness can vary from mild injuries to life-threatening trauma. …”
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PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE SYNTHETIC ANALOGUE OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE OF INDOLICIDIN 21 ON THE REGENERATION OF THERMAL WOUNDS IN THE EXPERIMENT by Viktor Lazarenko, Yuri Lyashev, Nikolay Shevchenko

“…Introduction: Burn injuries in developed countries are among the most spread injuries of peacetime. …”
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Effects of carbomer 940 hydrogel on burn wounds: an in vitro and in vivo study by Farzad Hayati, Seyed Mehdi Ghamsari, Mohammad Mehdi Dehghan, Ahmad Oryan

“…Application of this biomaterial in treatment of burn injuries deserves further studies.…”
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The use of Lactic-Acid-Based Copolymer (LABC) as a dressing on split thickness skin grafts in partial and full thickness burn by Eduardo Navarro, Pavel Mazirka, Tera Thigpin, Joshua Carson

“…A total of 22 patients, 16 male (73%) and 6 female (27%), with a mean age of 36.5 years, were included. Burn injuries were due to fire (10), grease (8), scald (2) and electrical (2), with a median treated area of 375 cm2 and follow up ranging from 21 to 232 days. …”
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Epidemiology of Childhood Burn: A 5-Year Retrospective Study in the Referral Burn Center of Northern Iran Northern Iran by Mohammadreza Mobayen, Reza Zarei, Sanaz Masoumi, Mohsen Shahrousvand, Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Mazloum, Zeinab Ghaed, Negin Rahimzadeh

“…Conclusion: This study found that children in 1-5 years old were the most susceptible age group for burn injuries and scalds were the most common cause of the burn. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences and burn pain: a review of biopsychosocial mechanisms that may influence healing by Emily H. Werthman, Luana Colloca, Lynn M. Oswald

“…Findings suggest that better understanding of the role that ACEs play in burn outcomes could lead to improved treatment strategies, but further empirical research is needed to identify the predictors and mechanisms that dictate individual differences in pain outcomes in patients with ACE exposure and to clarify the role that ACE-related alterations play in early healing and recovery from burn injuries.…”
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Strengthening surveillance of consumer products in Canada: the vaping example by Minh T. Do, Steven R. McFaull, Lauren Guttman, Lina Ghandour, James Hardy

“…Among the reported injuries, 41% were burn injuries. Proportionally, there were more vaping reports involving males (PIR = 1.89; 95% CI: 1.51–2.36) and individuals between the ages of 15 and 19 years (PIR = 11.53; 95 % CI: 4.95–26.8) as compared to all other reports submitted to the Program. …”
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Aromatherapy for Symptom Relief in Patients with Burn: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hye Won Lee, Lin Ang, Jung Tae Kim, Myeong Soo Lee

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: This review aimed to provide an updated review of evidence regarding the effects of aromatherapy in relieving symptoms of burn injuries, focusing on pain and physiological distress. …”
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Correlation of renal complications with extent and progression of tissue damage in electrical burns by D. C. Chauhan, P. S. Chari, G. K. Khuller, Dalbir Singh

“…Thirty two patients of high tension voltage electrical burn injuries presenting during one year period 1-1-2001 to 31-12-2001 were studied. …”
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The Mysteries of Capsaicin-Sensitive Afferents by Michael J. M. Fischer, Cosmin I. Ciotu, Arpad Szallasi

“…However, adverse effects, most importantly hyperthermia and burn injuries, have so far prevented any compounds from progressing beyond Phase 2. …”
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Polysaccharides from South Tunisian <i>Moringa alterniflora</i> Leaves: Characterization, Cytotoxicity, Antioxidant Activity, and Laser Burn Wound Healing in Rats by Sameh Sassi Aydi, Samir Aydi, Talel Ben Khadher, Naourez Ktari, Othmane Merah, Jalloul Bouajila

“…The effect of MLWSP hydrogel application on laser burn injuries stimulated wound contraction, re-epithelization, and remodeling phases 8 days after treatment. …”
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A plastic and reconstructive surgery landscape assessment of Malawi: a scoping review of Malawian literature by Chifundo Msokera, Meredith Xepoleas, Zachary J. Collier, Priyanka Naidu, William Magee

“…Of these 31 articles, 25 primarily discussed burn-related care. Burns injuries have a high mortality rate; between 27 and 75% in the studies. …”
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