Showing papers in "Burns in 1983"

TL;DR: A new method of treatment for burn scar management is outlined using silicone gel sheets (Spenco Corporation MD-3071), which can easily be tailored to the individual needs of the scar and the patient.

TL;DR: Adolescent burn victims show a markedly poorer psychosocial adjustment when compared with younger burned children, and visible burns, emotional distress in the mother, and multiple home moves were all associated with poorer psychOSocial adjustment in adolescence for burned children.

TL;DR: To assess the extent of sulphadiazine absorption in children, the urinary excretion was measured in a group of 8 patients with a mean area of injury of 13 per cent BSA and the mean urinary concentration was 31.8 mg/l.

TL;DR: The inhibition of post-burn oedema formation by cimetidine, earlier demonstrated in animal burn models, was confirmed in the present study and underline the importance of using the same anaesthetic throughout the experimental series.

TL;DR: There is an apparent significantly improved survival in the children, young adults through 34 yrs and the older adults (60-74 yrs) in the current series of patients, which would support the adoption of the protocol of burn care used in treating these patients.

TL;DR: It is suggested that cooking above floor level and closer supervision of children should reduce the incidence of domestic burns in younger children, while stricter factory inspection, with rigorous enforcement of industrial safety laws, should reduceThe incidence of industrial burn accidents in the working adult population.

TL;DR: The pattern of cases referred to or admitted directly in the hospital reflect the percentage of burn injuries sustained in Kashmir Valley since it is the only provincial hospital of its kind in the Valley having facilities for the undertaking of plastic surgery.

TL;DR: Using the technique of capillary microscopy the microcirculation of post burn hypertrophic scars and grafts, at varying stages of maturity, have been documented, suggesting a link between the processes of scar reinnervation and maturation.

TL;DR: Examination of the data identified a high-risk population that was prone to serious burn injuries, and the demographic characteristics of the burn population has been correlated with their socio-economic status.

TL;DR: There is a close correlation between the intensity and patterns of the proteinuria and the severity and clinical progress of the burn.

TL;DR: Fire burns were the commonest type, and most of the burn injuries occurred at home, and children below the age of five years were the most frequently affected among burn injury victims.

TL;DR: Swab, blood and full thickness biopsy culture and quantification of the number of bacteria in the burn wound was felt to be the best method for rapid diagnosis and for assessing the progress of burn wound infection.

TL;DR: Oxygen is essential for the epithelialization and contraction of the burn wound as well as for the collagen maturation and synthesis and a beneficial effect of topical oxygen on the wound healing process of burns is suggested.

TL;DR: A prospective survey of adult burn patients was undertaken at the Casualty Department of the Royal Brisbane Hospital to determine the epidemiology of burns in the area covered by the hospital, and young males of low social status and elderly females figured prominently.

TL;DR: The trends in mortality and age and sex differentials have been obtained to evaluate the overall situation and to find out the sociodemographic correlates of mortality due to burns.

TL;DR: The results indicated that expectation of pain might be reduced by correcting the child's erroneous beliefs about the nature of the healing process and the role of clinical therapy, and by undertaking certain changes in the manner in which treatment and nursing procedures upon the conscious patient were normally conducted.

TL;DR: Though patients were not massively overfed there remained a positive energy gap and the nitrogen balance was found to be equilibrated on the whole but clearly positive with thehyperproteic diet and clearly negative with the hyperlipidic-normoproteic diet.

TL;DR: Venous serum amino acids were measured in 13 patients with major burns and phenylalanine was markedly elevated in the hypermetabolic burn patients, its fluctuation coincided with the burn course and was negatively correlated with serum albumin level.

TL;DR: It is of great interest that formic acid has been shown to play the major role in the methanol poisoning syndrome, and a case of severe burn with undiluted formic Acid is reported.

TL;DR: The basis for enzymatic debridement is reviewed and with reference to Travase (sutilains), the widely conflicting clinical experience with such an agent is illustrated.

TL;DR: Proper medical assessment, early fluid therapy and respiratory care saved many critical patients, and human Antitetanus toxin and Pseudomonas hyper Immune globulin seem to have a definite role in the prevention and control of infection with Clostridium tetani and pseudomonas aeruginosa 'Furacin' was found to be a valuable topical agent.

TL;DR: A multiple Y to V plasty is easier to perform than a multiple Z-plasty, it permits further elongation and does not tend to provoke flap necrosis.

TL;DR: A more complete picture of the pathological changes in injured arteries obtained from patients with electrical injuries affecting the upper extremity is presented.

TL;DR: Clinical and histological data, 'turning red', viability and rejection as well as ways to improve the results of the grafting method are discussed, and porcine skin is viable after transplantation.

TL;DR: Careful debridement and skin grafting of any third-degree burn areas are required and should be carried out as soon as possible.

TL;DR: 4 patients who have been extremely ill and in whom Acinetobacter was considered to have played a prominent role and the importance of opportunistic infection in burns patients and antibiotic resistance in this organism are presented.

TL;DR: A series of 23 patients, 12 severely burned and 11 mildly burned, was studied in order to investigate changes in serum proteins in relation to hormonal changes after burn trauma.

TL;DR: In this paper, the results of a thirteen-and-a-half year survey of motorcycle accident patients admitted to the burns unit at the Royal Brisbane Hospital were presented, showing changing patterns in aetiology, management and morbidity.