Pediatric laparoscopic surgery in North-Central Nigeria: Achievements and challenges by Lukman Olajide Abdur-Rahman, Kayode T Bamigbola, Abdulrasheed A Nasir, Adewale O Oyinloye, Nurudeen T Abdulraheem, Olanrewaju O Oyedepo, James O Adeniran

“…The complications recorded included hemorrhage, in a case of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis due to failed electrocautery, one port site burns injury from diathermy dissection, and two periport pain postoperation. …”
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Improving Surgical Treatment of Skin Burns to Reduce the Incidence of Pathologic Scarring by Yu. V. Yurova, E. V. Zinovev

“…During the examinations we assessed the formed scar tissue and perfusion of the burn injuries. Types and features of the scar tissue were identified by histologic examination of biopsy tissues.Results: We identified statistically significant differences between the analyzed patient groups based on the perfusion values measured by laser Doppler flowmetry and found a relationship between surgical approaches, wound perfusion, and the incidence of pathologic scarring.Conclusions: When early debridement is unfeasible, the preferred surgical approach for deep burns is a staged wound cleansing from necrotic tissue followed by total removal of granulation tissue and fibrotic dermis, and finally autologous skin grafting. …”
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The Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) and D-Dopachrome Tautomerase (D-DT/MIF-2) in Infections: A Clinical Perspective by David Breidung, Ioannis-Fivos Megas, David Lysander Freytag, Jürgen Bernhagen, Gerrit Grieb

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Mental health history—a contributing factor for poorer outcomes in burn survivors by Frank Li, Danielle Coombs

“…Abstract Background A pre-morbid mental health history is common in patients with severe burn injuries. This creates challenges in providing rehabilitation. …”
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Harborview burns--1974 to 2009. by Loren H Engrav, David M Heimbach, Frederick P Rivara, Kathleen F Kerr, Turner Osler, Tam N Pham, Sam R Sharar, Peter C Esselman, Eileen M Bulger, Gretchen J Carrougher, Shari Honari, Nicole S Gibran

“…Many changes are highlighted at the end of the manuscript including 1) the large increase in numbers of total and short-stay admissions, 2) the decline in numbers of large burn injuries, 3) that unadjusted case fatality declined to the mid-1980s but has changed little during the past two decades, 4) that race/ethnicity and payer status disparity exists, and 5) that the trajectory to death changed with fewer deaths occurring after seven days post-injury. …”
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Incidence of Rod Shaped Gramnegative Hospital Acquired Bacterial Infection and Antibiotic Resistance: A Retrospective Based Population Study by Kamal Jalal Rashid

“…Gram negative infection is the most common and most serious complication of burn injuries and it is the majority suspected clinical finding nearly to 60%. …”
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The use of Epiprotect®, an advanced wound dressing, to heal paediatric patients with burns: A pilot study by Giancarlo delli Santi, Alessandro Borgognone

“…Burn injuries are a major cause of hospitalization and are associated with morbidity and mortality. …”
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Childhood burns in south eastern Nigeria by Okoro Philemon, Igwe Patrick, Ukachukwu Alvan

“…<b>Background:</b> Burns injuries are recognized as a major health problem worldwide. …”
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Expansion potential of skin grafts with alternating slit based auxetic incisions by Vivek Gupta, Arnab Chanda

“…Due to a dearth of skin substitutes, severe burn injuries result in millions of deaths every year. …”
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Characteristics of 985 pediatric burn patients in the south of Liaoning province of China by Hongjun Zhai, Shuangrong Liu, Li Jiang, Bo Sun, Shijie Xin

“…Only a minority of guardians (244/985, 24.77%) had burn prevention knowledge, and none of them knew how to provide first-aid treatment for burn injuries. These results indicate that the majority of pediatric burns occur in children less than 3 years of age from scalds received while at home. …”
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Early clinical management of severe burn patients using telemedicine: a pilot study protocol by Maxim Moreau, Guy Paré

“…Such a proper assessment represents a daunting task because severe burn injuries are rare. Inaccurate estimates often result in unjustified and costly transfers and unneeded fluid resuscitation and assisted ventilation procedures. …”
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Importance of proper initial treatment of moderate and major burns by Vulović Dejan, Stepić Nenad

“…Organized treatment of major burn injuries has tremendous medical, social and economic importance. …”
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Portable microfluidic chip for detection of Escherichia coli in produce and blood by Wang S, Inci F, Chaunzwa TL, Ramanujam A, Vasudevan A, Subramanian S, Ip AC, Sridharan B, Gurkan UA, Demirci U

“…ShuQi Wang,1* Fatih Inci,1* Tafadzwa L Chaunzwa,1 Ajay Ramanujam,1 Aishwarya Vasudevan,1 Sathya Subramanian,1 Alexander Chi Fai Ip,1 Banupriya Sridharan,1 Umut Atakan Gurkan,1 Utkan Demirci,1,21Bio-Acoustic-MEMS in Medicine (BAMM) Laboratory, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women&amp;#39;s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, 2Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, *These authors contributed equally to this workAbstract: Pathogenic agents can lead to severe clinical outcomes such as food poisoning, infection of open wounds, particularly in burn injuries and sepsis. Rapid detection of these pathogens can monitor these infections in a timely manner improving clinical outcomes. …”
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Child Mortality Rate for Unintentional Injuries in Mazandaran, Iran During 2010-2018 by Hamed Rouhanizadeh, Mohammad Reza Navaifar, Elham Keyhanian

“…Among 492 cases of unintentional non-burn injuries, the reasons for death were: traffic accidents (71.7%), drowning (16%), falling (4.4%), non-traffic-related head trauma (3.6%), asphyxia (1.6%), limbs injury (0.6%), bullet shot (0.4%), explosion (0.4%), visceral injury (0.4%) and unclassified causes (0.6%). …”
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The use of a non-medicated dressing for superficial-partial thickness burns in children: a case series and review by Ter-Er Kusu-Orkar, Umar Islam, Benjamin Hall, Evan Araia, Nikki Allorto

“…There is little evidence on the clinical outcomes of the use of Cutimed ® Sorbact ® in adults and currently no evidence of use of Cutimed ® Sorbact ® on superficial-partial thickness burn injuries in children. Objective: To summarise the clinical outcome of burn wounds in children with superficial-partial thickness burns in which Cutimed ® Sorbact ® was used. …”
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Severe childhood burns in the Czech Republic: risk factors and prevention by Alexander Martin Čelko, Michal Grivna, Jana Dáňová, Peter Barss

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess risk factors for paediatric burn injuries in the Czech Republic and to suggest preventive measures. …”
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Simulation Study of Radio Frequency Safety and the Optimal Size of a Single-Channel Surface Radio Frequency Coil for Mice at 9.4 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Jeung-Hoon Seo, Yeunchul Ryu, Jun-Young Chung

“…RF safety for the prevention of burn injuries to small animals was assessed using an analysis of the specific absorption rate. …”
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Epidemiology and outcome of chemical burn patients admitted in burn unit of JNMC hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: A 5-year experience by Md Sohaib Akhtar, Imran Ahmad, M Fahud Khurram, Srikanta Kanungo

“…Results: A total of 96 patients (2.4% of total burn admissions) (42 males and 54 females) were admitted to our hospital with chemical burn injuries. Most of the patients were in the age group of 16-30 years. …”
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Evaluation of forensic cases presented to the pediatric emergency department by İlknur Arslan, Kübra İrday Demir

“…Traffic accidents were the most common (35.1%) cause of the emergency presentation, which was followed by assault (16.5%), fall from height (9.2%), accidental drug-caustic corrosive substance intake (7.8%), early pregnancy (7.4%), blunt or sharp force injuries (6.3%), electrical burn injuries (5.7%), suicide (5.1%), carbon monoxide-food poisoning (2.7%), and others that consisted of work accident, firearm injury, substance ingestion, suffocation, animal attack, sudden death, and missing child (4.2%). …”
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Caregiver Perspectives on Physiotherapy Treatment for Paediatric Burns in the United Arab Emirates by Mohamed Muftah Alzaabi FS, Bairapareddy KC, Alaparthi GK, Hegazy F

“…Descriptive analysis and correlation statistics were used to present the data.Results: The caregiver participants in the study reported to have reasonably good knowledge about the paediatric burns care (13.62 ± 3.49) and had a positive attitude towards the physiotherapy treatment provided to the children with the burn injuries (9.41 ± 1.56). The adherence to the prescribed exercise regimen of physiotherapy sessions was found to be good (11.88 ± 1.50) but were overburdened with the caregiving tasks (21.42 ± 11.62). …”
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