Seasonal impact in burn profiles in a dedicated burn unit [PDF]
Burns, 2019 The number of burns in Portugal remains considerably large and therefore constitutes a major public health problem. There is a shortage of studies describing the epidemiological and clinical impact of seasonality on burn centre admissions, particularly in high income countries.This retrospective analysis included all patients (>18 years old) with acute
Luís Mata Ribeiro +3 more
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Avoiding harm in pediatric heatstroke: Lessons from a case of ice-related frostbite
JPRAS OpenBackground: Heatstroke is a life-threatening medical emergency characterized by a core body temperature exceeding 40 °C (104°F). Prompt and effective cooling is critical to prevent multiorgan failure and death.
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Stream water age distributions controlled by storage dynamics and nonlinear hydrologic connectivity : Modeling with high-resolution isotope data [PDF]
, 2015 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
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Factors predicting burn unit length-of-stay [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia PlásticaIntroduction: Burn patients’ mortality rate has decreased significantly, making it important to evaluate other outcomes, such as length-of-stay, which increases physical and psychological morbidity, risk of nosocomial infection, and financial costs.
Miguel João Ribeiro Matias +3 more
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Suicide by burns in women in the Distrito Federal, midwest of Brazil, from 2010 to 2015 [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2019 Introduction: Suicide is a serious public health problem. For every death, there are an estimated 10 suicide attempts. Among the means of suicide, burns are prominent due to the lesion severity, the high mortality rate, and the severe functional ...
Marcia Schelb +1 more
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High-Energy X-ray Imaging of the Pulsar Wind Nebula MSH~15-52: Constraints on Particle Acceleration and Transport [PDF]
, 2014 We present the first images of the pulsar wind nebula (PWN) MSH 15-52 in the hard X-ray band (>8 keV), as measured with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR).
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Eastern Beringia and beyond: Late Wisconsinan and Holocene landscape dynamics along the Yukon Coastal Plain, Canada [PDF]
, 2012 Terrestrial permafrost archives along the Yukon Coastal Plain (northwest Canada) have recorded landscape development and environmental change since the Late Wisconsinan at the interface of unglaciated Beringia (i.e.
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Evaluation of pre/post-fire differenced spectral indices for assessing burn severity in a Mediterranean environment with landsat thematic mapper [PDF]
, 2011 In this study several pre/post-fire differenced spectral indices for assessing burn severity in a Mediterranean environment are evaluated. GeoCBI (Geo Composite Burn Index) field data of burn severity were correlated with remotely sensed measures, based ...
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Burn unit: colonization of burn wounds and local environment
Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2012 We present the results of a comparative prospective study of the resistance profile of strains isolated from pathological material of patients hospitalized in the burn unit of the military hospital in Rabat and from their environment over a period of one and a half years (July 2009-February 2011).The study concerned 125 pathological products from ...
Touria, Essayagh +6 more
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Spatial organisation of groundwater dynamics and streamflow response from different hydropedological units in a montane catchment [PDF]
, 2017 Funding was provided by the Leibniz Association (SAW-2012-IGB 4167) within the International Leibniz Graduate School: Aquatic boundaries and linkages- Aqualink.
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