scholarly journals Cats with thermal burn injuries from California wildfires show echocardiographic evidence of myocardial thickening and intracardiac thrombi

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley N. Sharpe ◽  
Catherine T. Gunther-Harrington ◽  
Steven E. Epstein ◽  
Ronald H. L. Li ◽  
Joshua A. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Thermal Burn ◽  
Myocardial Thickening ◽  
Echocardiographic Evidence ◽  
Intracardiac Thrombi

Initial Assessment and Management of Thermal Burn Injuries in Children

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 395-404
Author(s):  
Ramin Jamshidi ◽  
Thomas T. Sato
Keyword(s):  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Thermal Burn

Burns and Electrical Injuries

2019 ◽  
pp. 409-414
Author(s):  
Brandon T. Nokes ◽  
Ayan Sen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Total Body Surface Area ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Burn Severity ◽  
Thermal Burn ◽  
Total Body ◽  
Electrical Injuries

Burn injuries may cause morbidity and death, and patients may have widely variable presentations and outcomes. This chapter focuses on the critical care aspects of burn injury and management issues of burn and electrical injuries. Burns are classified according to the amount of total body surface area (TBSA) affected, the depth of burn, and the type of exposure associated with the burn. More specifically, burns can be chemical, electrical, or thermal. Burn severity is determined by the depth of involvement.

Remedial Effect of Boswellia Serrata on Thermal Burn Injuries

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Najmeh Sahinfard ◽  
Abdolrasool Namjoo ◽  
Rasool Arami ◽  
Mortaza Rafieian ◽  
Azar Baradaran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Boswellia Serrata ◽  
Thermal Burn

scholarly journals Thermal Burn Deaths: A Retrospective Study on Female Victims in Bihar

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Ranjay Kumar Ranjan ◽  
Radha Raman Singh ◽  
Rajiv Ranjan Das
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Thermal Burn ◽  
Manner Of Death ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Low Middle Income Countries ◽  
Study Results

Introduction: Burns are medicolegally importance as they are commonest cause of unnatural death in India. Burn is an important factor in suicide and homicide all over world. Burns remain a significant public health problem in low/middle-income countries, contributing to substantial morbidity and mortality Aims &Objectives: To find out how thermal burn affect incidence, age, habitat, marital status, manner of death and its medico legal consequence. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was carried out in a tertiary care hospital during 2014 to 2018 to assess the pattern of burn deaths amongst females brought for Medico-legal Autopsy from various police stations of Patna district under F.M.T department of N.M.C, Patna in the State of Bihar. Total 540 female burn cases brought for autopsy were included in study. Results: The highest numbers of victims were in the age group of 21 to 30 years (42.23%). Majority of the cases were from rural areas 75.19% and 81.85% of the victims were married. Mostly manner of death is accidental 57.40%. Majority of the burn victims death of the studied case were Hindu. Conclusion: Married females of productive age group belonging to rural areas are worst affected in burn injuries. Awareness campaigns targeting safety precautions, opportunities for basic health education and a change in mindset of society towards females are necessary to curb this menace of burn injuries. Keywords: Burn, Female, Nature of Death, Bihar.

scholarly journals Could serum cytokines serve as predictors in outcome of thermal burn injuries

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
RanjithJ Babu ◽  
G. Karthikeyan ◽  
Nirmala Ponnambalam
Keyword(s):  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Thermal Burn ◽  
Serum Cytokines

Balloon Catheter Dilatation for Treatment of a Patient With Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction After Thermal Burn Injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 710-713
Author(s):  
So Young Joo ◽  
Seung Yeol Lee ◽  
Yoon Soo Cho ◽  
Cheong Hoon Seo
Keyword(s):  
Burn Injury ◽  
Balloon Catheter ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Deglutition Disorder ◽  
Thermal Burn ◽  
Swallow Study ◽  
Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction ◽  
Catheter Dilatation

AbstractDeglutition disorder is a clinical symptom that has been associated with inhalation and cutaneous thermal burn injuries. Deglutition disorder is present in approximately 11% of patients with burn injury and is known to persist for weeks to months postinjury. Here, we report a case of deglutition disorder associated with cricopharyngeal dysfunction in a patient with thermal burn injury. Two patients presented with deglutition disorder lasting for several weeks after thermal injury. Clinically, it manifested as combined liquid and solid food dysphagia. The findings of videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) were poor relaxation of the pharyngoesophageal sphincter (PES), decreased elevation of the laryngohyoid, and inadequate pharyngeal contraction. The PES was dilated with a 20-mm expansion balloon catheter multiple times. The symptoms of deglutition disorder were relieved immediately after the procedure. Balloon catheter dilatation was performed four times at 1- to 2-week intervals. Follow-up VFSS showed that poor relaxation of the PES was improved. The VFSS showed no recurrence at the 3-month follow-up. We found that balloon catheter dilatation for treatment of a patient with cricopharyngeal dysfunction after thermal burn injury was effective, ease of use, and safe.

Efficacy of whole-body vibration on balance control, postural stability, and mobility after thermal burn injuries: A prospective randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
pp. 026921552110208
Author(s):  
Nabil Mahmoud Abdel-Aal ◽  
Nesma M Allam ◽  
Hadaya Mosaad Eladl
Keyword(s):  
Postural Stability ◽  
Balance Control ◽  
Whole Body Vibration ◽  
Stability Index ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Thermal Burn ◽  
Body Vibration

Objective: To investigate the additive effects of whole-body vibration (WBV) training to the traditional physical therapy program (TPTP) on balance control, postural stability, and mobility after thermal burn injuries. Design: A single-blinded, randomized controlled study. Setting: Outpatient physical therapy setting. Participants: Forty participants, 20–45 years old, with deep second-degree thermal burn involving the lower limbs and trunk, with 35%–40% total body service area, were randomly allocated either into the study group or the control group. Intervention: The study group received WBV plus TPTP while the control group received the TPTP only. Interventions were applied three sessions a week for eight weeks. Outcome measures: Anteroposterior stability index (APSI), mediolateral stability index (MLSI), overall stability index (OSI), timed-up and go (TUG), and Berg balance scale (BBS) were measured at baseline and after eight weeks of interventions. Results: There were statistically significant differences in APSI, MLSI, OSI, BBS, and TUG in favor of the WBV group after eight weeks of intervention ( P < 0.001). After eight weeks of intervention, the mean (SD) for APSI, MLSI, OSI, BBS, and TUG scores were 1.87 ± 0.51, 41.36 ± 0.18, 1.95 ± 0.56, 47.2 ± 6.12, and 8.15 ± 1.05 seconds in the WBV group, and 2.41 ± 0.71, 2.21 ± 0.54, 2.68 ± 0.73, 40.65 ± 4.7, and 10.95 ± 2.44 seconds in the control group, respectively. Conclusions: The whole-body vibration training combined with the TPTP was more beneficial in improving APS, MLS, OSI, TUG, and BBS than TPTP alone. It might be considered a useful adjunctive therapy in treating patients with healed wounds with a deep second-degree burn of the trunk and lower limbs.

scholarly journals Role of Autophagy Biomarkers In Burn-Age Estimation and Progression

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Heba A. Yassa ◽  
Randa T. Hanna ◽  
Hala Zein El Abdin
Keyword(s):  
Normal Level ◽  
Burn Injury ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Thermal Burn ◽  
Histopathological Effects ◽  
Skin Samples ◽  
Second Degree

Background: Determination of time passed since burn injury in the living is critical in forensic science. Autophagy biomarkers and vitronectin can play an important role in determination of the age of burn injuries through their levels in the tissue. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of autophagy biomarkers in dating burn injury and to correlate them with the histopathological effects of deep second-degree thermal burn. Method: Fifty-four male rats were used in this study after infliction of second-degree thermal burns to their skin. Samples were taken from them after 30 minutes and one, four, 24, 48, and 72 hours following burn to be examined histologically and also for autophagy biomarkers and vitronectin. Results: Significant reduction in the autophagy biomarkers (p < 0.001) over the first 24 hours then began to increase but still not reach the normal level up to 72 hours after burn. Vitronectin level increased after burn infliction 1.5-fold after first hour, then up to four-fold after four hours and after that began to decline but still did not reach the normal level up to 72 hours. Conclusion: Autophagy biomarkers can be used as a forensic tool in determination of the time passed since burn infliction in living.

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