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Reduction of the mortality rate in aged burn patients

Burns, 1992
The management of elderly burn patients is time consuming for both nursing staff and physicians, and therapy remains often challenging and controversial. In a retrospective study, we analysed the outcome of two periods with different treatment modalities. An increased number of nurses, a change in the local burn wound treatment, better documentation of
G, Zöch, G, Meissl, S, Bayer, E, Kyral
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Mortality rate and prognostic indices in 2615 burned patients

Burns, 1990
Two thousand six hundred and fifteen burned patients are analysed according to mortality rate and the results are compared with other prognostic indices. Our statistical data are similar to those reported by Feller et al. (1976), but differ from those expected by Roi et al. (1983) and Bull (1971). It is suggested that other burns centres should produce
D, Barisoni, S, Peci, M, Governa, A, Sanna, S, Furlan   +4 more
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LOW MORTALITY IN BURNED PATIENTS IN A PSEUDOMONAS VACCINE TRIAL

The Lancet, 1978
In a controlled clinical trial of a polyvalent pseudomonas vaccine in burned patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa all 18 vaccinated patients survived, whereas 8 of 20 unvaccinated patients died.
R J, Jones, E A, Roe, J L, Gupta
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Clinical factors affecting mortality in elderly burn patients admitted to a burns service

Burns, 2008
The purpose of this retrospective study was to provide basic probabilistic predictors of mortality to assist in determining appropriate therapeutic aggression in elderly burns population.Eighty patients over the age of 70 years were admitted to the Victorian Adult Burns Service in Melbourne, Australia, over a period of 4 years.
Patrick, Mahar, Jason, Wasiak, Michael, Bailey, Heather, Cleland   +3 more
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The efficacy and safety of androgen analog oxandrolone in improving clinical outcomes in burn patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Frontiers in Medicine
Background This latest systematic review and meta-analysis aim to examine efficacy and safety of androgen analog oxandrolone in burn patients. Methods Relevant articles were retrieved from Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane, Web of science, International Clinical ...
Jiaqi Lou, Ziyi Xiang, Xiaoyu Zhu, Jingyao Song, Neng Huang, Jiliang Li, Guoying Jin, Youfen Fan, Shengyong Cui   +8 more
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Mortality prediction scores in burn patients – a comparative analysis

Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, 2022
Introduction: The aim of this study consisted of accuracy assessment and comparison of different mortality prediction models performance used in the burn population from our burns unit (BU), comparing survivors and non-survivors clinical and demographic characteristics.
Tomé, Gonçalo, Cabral, Luís, Azevedo, José M., Catalão, Inês, Afreixo, Vera   +4 more
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Multiple Drug Resistance in Burn Patients

Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Infections, the most frequent outcomes and the leading cause of death in burn patients, reproduce in milieux generated by burn lesions, Severely burned patient’s immunity is weakened, thus systemic infections such as pneumonia and urinary tract ...
A. M. A. Rasool, Ahmed Shoaib Karmoosh
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A model of British in-hospital mortality among burns patients

Burns, 2014
Mortality among patients treated in hospital for burn is routinely examined, but none of the many models in use in the UK was developed using nationwide data. The aim of this research was to develop a prediction model using national data, representative of the British population.Data were gathered from the international Burns Injury Database (iBID) and
Stylianou, Neophytos, Buchan, Iain, Dunn, Ken W   +2 more
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Increased Mortality With Intravenous Supplemental Feeding in Severely Burned Patients

Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 1989
Patients with large cutaneous burns are characterized by an elevated metabolic rate and lose up to 25% of their body weight within 3 weeks. A previous study suggested that intravenous supplementation to attain nutritional requirements was of no benefit in patients with cutaneous burns covering greater than 50% of their total body surface area.
D N, Herndon, R E, Barrow, M, Stein, H, Linares, T C, Rutan, R, Rutan, S, Abston   +6 more
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Molecular detection of blaVIM and blaNDM in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cancer and burn patients in Erbil, Iraq

Frontiers in Microbiology
Introduction Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen and a critical-priority organism according to the World Health Organization.
B. Hamad, Muayad A. Mahmud
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