Cleary, Michelle Singh, Jaskaran West, Sancia Rahkar Farshi, Mahni Lopez, Violeta Kornhaber, Rachel
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
The prevalence of self-immolation is significantly higher in some Middle Eastern and Central Asian Islamic countries than in Western countries. Self-immolation typically occurs among females and can be either an attempt at suicide or an act of protest. This systematic review examined the drivers and consequences of self-immolation in Asian Islamic ...
Brady, Chevonne Burke-Smith, Alexandra Williams, Andrew
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
Jiang, WeiQian Guo, LingLi Wu, Huan Ying, Jun Yang, Zheng Wei, BaoHua Pan, Feng Han, Yan
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
We used a smartphone to construct three-dimensional (3D) models of keloids, then quantitatively simulate and evaluate these tissues. We uploaded smartphone photographs of 33 keloids on the chest, shoulder, neck, limbs, or abdomen of 28 patients. We used the parallel computing power of a graphics processing unit to calculate the spatial co-ordinates...
Nambi, Gopal Abdelbasset, Walid Kamal
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
Bilateral cervicofacial burn contracture initially affects facial expressions and later affects tempero mandibular joint (TMJ) function of the patient. It further tightens the ligaments and capsules around the TMJ and leads to tempero mandibular dysfunction. The consequences of temporomandibular joint dysfunction will be pain, limitation of mouth o...
Borg, Breanna A Durgham, Michael Shanti, Christina M Klein, Justin D
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
Sink-bathing is common practice among parents. However, this puts infants and young children at unrecognized risk for burn injuries. As the only verified pediatric burn center in a large urban area, we treat burn patients from a large variation in socioeconomic status. This provides us a unique opportunity to examine sink-burn injury patterns, circ...
Farjah, Mohammad Hossein Farahpour, Mohammad Reza
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
This study aims to evaluate the effects of topical sole and co-administration of Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and chitosan on the infected burn wounds model by Candida albicans in Wistar rats. A circle partial thickness contact burn wound model occurred via brass a size of 8mm diameter between the shoulders and after that, 50μl of a suspension contai...
Gallaher, Jared R Purcell, Laura N Banda, Wone Charles, Anthony
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
Burn injury is a significant contributor to mortality, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Patients in many communities throughout sub-Saharan Africa use traditional health practitioners for burn care prior to seeking evaluation at an allopathic burn center. The World Health Organization defines a traditional health practitioner ...
Outwater, Anne H Van Braekel, Tanya
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
Administration of appropriate first aid immediately after a burn injury is crucial to averting further harm to the victim, physically and psychologically. The aim of this review is to enable the design of better interventions by describing what is known about prehospital care of burn victims in Africa. This review is based on 17 articles from 5 cou...
Crofton, E Meredith, P J Gray, P Strong, J
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
Compression garments are well accepted as routine practice for scar management after burn. In a recent systematic review, six main reasons for compression garment non-adherence were identified including sensory disturbances. To further understand the impact of sensory issues, the aim of the present study is to investigate associations between senso...
Potokar, T Bendell, R Chamania, S Falder, S Nnabuko, R Price, P E
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Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
Consistent evidence has emerged over many years that the mortality and morbidity outcomes for burn patients in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) lag behind those in more resource rich countries. Interburns is a charity that was set up with the aim of working to reduce the disparity in the number of cases of burns as well as the outcomes for p...
