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Development of BreeZe: a self-management support intervention for burn survivors informed by evidence, theory, and stakeholder co-creation [PDF]
Background Following a severe burn injury, individuals embark on a lifelong process of managing and integrating the physical, psychological, and social consequences, including functional limitations, fatigue, altered body image, and psychological trauma.
Sven J. G. Geelen +15 more
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Futile care in Kirkuk teaching hospital burn unit.
Background; Futile care; a medical term applied when there is no reasonable hope of improvement or cure in spite of expense of medical or surgical care. Futile care decision governed by a variety of scoring systems to evaluate clinical situation
Qutaiba Abdullah Aldoori +2 more
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Application of Polyethylene Cling Film to Underpin Moist Burn Wound Therapy
Background Dermal burns (partial thickness burns) are the most painful trauma with two types of pain background pain with additional procedural pain, one of the best tolerable mode of treatment that commonly used now adays is treatment with MEBT ...
Qutaiba Abdullah Aldoori +2 more
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Improved and standardized method for assessing years lived with disability after burns and its application to estimate the non-fatal burden of disease of burn injuries in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands [PDF]
Background: Burden of disease estimates are an important resource in public health. Currently, robust estimates are not available for the burn population.
Baar, Margriet E. van +9 more
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Inhalation injuries still significantly increase the morbidity and mortality of burn patients. Advances in ventilatory support appear to decrease the frequency of pneumonia and improve the survival of patients. It is now well accepted that early enteral feeding of patients with burn injuries is very important.
P, Carl, H, Reich
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Burns are a leading cause of accidental injury and death. The American Burn Association statistics from 2001 to 2010 show that 68% of burns happen at home, 44% are from fires/flames, and 60% to 70% happen to white men. Smoke inhalation is the leading cause of adult death caused by fires.
A. Nicolaides +31 more
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Background. Hair follicles are important accessory organs of the skin, and it is important for skin renewal and performs variety of important functions. Diabetes can cause several dermatoses; however, its effect on hair follicles is unclear.
Minghui Wang +7 more
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Most of us have probably had a bit of sunburn. In my youth the occasional burn was a badge of honour, especially when achieved in pursuit of a suntan in the closing days of an overseas vacation. A fair skinned and freckled friend of mine recalls the teenage use of olive oil resulting in excruciating sunburn. We know better than that now, though, don't
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Background. The extensive burns devastate trauma. The research was designed to analyse the predictive value of early platelet (PLT) indices on the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) after severe burns. Methods and Results.
Ming Jiang +7 more
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Skeletal muscle stem cell defects in burn-induced cachexia [PDF]
..In an intriguing recent paper published in The Journal of Physiology, Fry and colleagues (Fry et al. 2016) explore the potential involvement of SCs and myonuclei apoptosis in young burn patients, a condition characterized by hyper-metabolism and ...
Farup, Jean +2 more
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