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Pediatric Burn Injuries

AACN Advanced Critical Care, 1993
Care of the pediatric burn patient requires knowledge of physiologic differences between adults and children for estimation of burn size, calculation of fluid needs, and assessment of response. Dressing techniques, pain management, and nutritional and psychologic support of this population require special ...
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Burn injuries in The Netherlands

Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2000
The amount and type of burn injuries in The Netherlands are described using Surveillance Systems on treatments at an Accident and Emergency (A&E) department, hospital admissions and fatal injuries and a national survey (to asses treatments by a general practitioner).
Simone M ten Hag   +2 more
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Inhalation injury in burns

The American Journal of Surgery, 1980
(1) Inhalation injury usually occurs in persons with large flame burns indoors, frequently followed by respiratory failure and death. (2) fiberoptic bronchoscopy accurately verifies the diagnosis. (3) Assessment of pulmonary capillary integrity plus bronchoscopy can predict early respiratory failure.
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Burn Injuries in Children

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1991
The overall outcome for every patient is to attain the maximum level of physical and psychosocial functioning possible within their capacity. This is individualized and impacted by the severity of injury, interventions, and subsequent outcomes along the critical path to recovery.
Linda S. Rieg, Marilyn Jenkins
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Occupational burn injuries

Burns, 1987
The epidemiology of occupational burns injuries in a well-defined population is analysed. Although a total of 371 persons sustained an injury, only a few were inpatients and just one required anti-shock treatment. The mean burn surface area was 0.66 per cent and 14 patients had full thickness burn injuries. There were no deaths.
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Burn Injuries and Pregnancy

Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 2008
Although burn injuries during pregnancy are considered relatively rare, the exact incidence is not known. Multiple factors influence morbidity and mortality resulting from burn injuries during pregnancy. These factors include the depth and size of the burn, the woman's underlying health and age, and the estimated gestational age of the fetus ...
Betsy B. Kennedy   +2 more
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Electrical burn injuries

Accident and Emergency Nursing, 1999
This article examines electrical burn injuries, how they occur and the nature of the injuries caused when people come into contact with electrical currents. The aetiology of tissue damage is discussed along with the pathophysiology of such encounters. The management of patients presenting with such injuries is explored including the vital role of the ...
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Reversible Burn Injury

Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 1992
Treatment of the patient with burns has advanced dramatically during the last several decades. Patients with burns that cover a greater percentage of the body surface area are now surviving. Cardiac, pulmonary, and vascular insults are better understood and more adequately treated.
Ehrlich Hp, Rockwell Wb
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Acute Burn Injury

Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 2005
Almost 2 million people in the United States suffer from burns annually. A small percentage of these injuries are fatal, but all require some degree of medical attention. Burn injury is associated with anatomic, physiologic, endocrinologic, and immunologic alterations. These problems need to be identified and treated properly to prevent or minimize the
William P. Magee   +2 more
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Burn injuries in the elderly

Burns, 1993
This study has shown that elderly males were more likely to be admitted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital Burns Unit than females. No high-risk period of the day, week or year could be identified for this group. Flame burns and scalds were most common as was the association with cooking and bathing activities.
K. Fortier   +3 more
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