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Burns in low- and middle-income countries: a review of available literature on descriptive epidemiology, risk factors, treatment, and prevention.
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Continuous evaluation of promising interventions and those with unknown efficacy that have been attempted in LMICs, along with testing interventions that have proven effective in HICs in these LIMC settings, is needed to spearhead the move from data to action in preventing burns in LM ICs.About:
This article is published in Burns.The article was published on 2006-08-01. It has received 479 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control.read more
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The injury fact book
TL;DR: This book includes detailed information on many of the factors surrounding injuries--the man-made systems and products involved, the groups at greatest risk, and effective ways to protect people from injuries.
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The Global Burden of Unintentional Injuries and an Agenda for Progress
TL;DR: This paper calls for more action around 5 core areas that need research investments and capacity development, particularly in LMIC: improving injury data collection, defining the epidemiology of unintentional injuries, estimating the costs of injuries, understanding public perceptions about injury causation, and engaging with policy makers to improve injury prevention and control.
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ISBI Practice Guidelines for Burn Care
Rajeev Ahuja,Vinita Puri,Nicole S. Gibran,David G. Greenhalgh,James C. Jeng,D.P. Mackie,A.M. Moghazy,Naiem Moiemen,Tina L Palmieri,Michael Peck,Michael Serghiou,Stuart Watson,Yvonne Wilson,Ariel Miranda Altamirano,Bechara Atieh,Alberto Bolgiani,Gretchen J. Carrougher,Dale W. Edgar,Linda Guerrero,Marella Hanumadass,Lisa Hasibuan,Helma Hofland,Ivette Lucia Icaza,L. Klein,Hajime Matsumura,R E Nnabuko,Arash Pirat,Nyoman Putu Riasa,Fiona M. Wood,Jun Wu,Xia Zhaofan,Paul P. M. van Zuijlen +31 more
TL;DR: The ISBI PGs for Burn Care have been written to address the needs of burn specialists everywhere in the world and to reduce costs by outlining effective and efficient recommendations for management of medical problems specific to burn care.
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Global childhood unintentional injury surveillance in four cities in developing countries: a pilot study
Adnan A. Hyder,David E. Sugerman,Prasanthi Puvanachandra,Junaid Abdul Razzak,Hesham El-Sayed,Andrés Isaza,Fazlur Rahman,Margaret M. Peden +7 more
TL;DR: Hospitals in low-income countries bear a substantial burden of childhood injuries, and systematic surveillance is required to identify the epidemiological distribution of such injuries and understand their risk factors.
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Burn prevention mechanisms and outcomes: Pitfalls, failures and successes
TL;DR: The present review is a summary of what has already been accomplished in terms of burn prevention highlighting some of the successes but above all the numerous pitfalls and failures.
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The global burden of disease: a comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases injuries and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020.
TL;DR: This is the first in a planned series of 10 volumes that will attempt to "summarize epidemiological knowledge about all major conditions and most risk factors" and use historical trends in main determinants to project mortality and disease burden forward to 2020.
World development report 1993 : investing in health
Seth Berkley,Jose Luis Bobadilla,Robert Hecht,Kenneth Hill,Dean T. Jamison,Christopher J L Murray,Philip Musgrove,Helen Saxenian,Jee-Peng Tan +8 more
TL;DR: This report examines the controversial questions surrounding health care and health policy and advocates a threefold approach to health policy for governments in developing countries and in the formerly socialist countries, based in large part on innovative research.
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The injury fact book
TL;DR: This book includes detailed information on many of the factors surrounding injuries--the man-made systems and products involved, the groups at greatest risk, and effective ways to protect people from injuries.
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The Injury Fact Book
TL;DR: The inclusion of additional mortality data for the years 1980-1986 allows Susan Baker and team to compute and analyze more meaningful comparisons and chapters on sports and recreation, aviation, and large trucks have been added.