Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most significant threats to healthcare systems, particularly in low- and middle-income nations where infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship, and laboratory surveillance might not be op...
Background and Objectives: Many burn patients are initially admitted to non-burn center intensive care units (ICUs) due to resource constraints, geographic barriers, or delayed transfer. Their management requires multidisciplinary, phase-specific cli...
Objective: The aim of this review is to map and summarize the experiences of various burn centers worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to enable future strategies with regard to the most effective measures in burn care during pandemics an...
Burns, one of the main public health problems, lead to significant mortality and morbidity. Epidemiological studies regarding burn patients in Romania are scarce. The aim of this study is to identify the burn etiology, demographics, clinical characte...
Background: Many European countries’ epidemiological data on burns were analyzed. This research aimed to analyze the key epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized burn patients in Serbia’s major burn unit over 10 years, as well as t...
Burn injuries can be traumatic and distressing for patients, with a prolonged period of recovery. This qualitative study aimed to explore adult burn patients’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to accessing psychological support in a...
In the United States, ecosystems regularly experience wildfires and as fire seasons lengthen, fires are becoming a more important disturbance. While all types of disturbance have impacts on the carbon cycle, fires result in immediate emissions into t...
Background: Burn injuries remain a major health problem in low- and middle-income countries. Contemporary data from Jordan are scarce, and the last report from Jordan University Hospital (JUH) was published more than four decades ago. This study desc...
Background and Objectives: The susceptibility of burn patients to infections with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) is high. The aim of this study is to describe the local patterns of antimicrobial resistance in a Romanian burn unit and to identi...
Supercritical circulating fluidized bed (CFB) is one of the prominent clean coal technologies owing to the advantages of high efficiency, fuel flexibility, and low cost of emission control. The fast and flexible load-tracking performance of the super...
Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) represent the most significant complications in patients hospitalized for severe burn injuries, after the immediate post-burn resuscitation phase, and are associated with substantial morbidity and morta...
Accurate, timely maps of post-fire burn severity are vital for rehabilitation, hydrologic hazard assessment, and ecosystem recovery in the western United States, where large, frequent wildfires and steep environmental gradients challenge model genera...
National Burns Care Standards (NBCS) within the UK recommend psychological care throughout the burn pathway and psychosocial screening of inpatients admitted for over 24 h, at a time when this is clinically appropriate and prior to discharge. This br...
Severe burns are life-altering and can have lasting effects on patients’ physical and mental health. Alterations in physical function, changes in appearance, and psychological disturbances resulting from severe burns are especially concerning i...
Background: Timely admission to a specialised burn unit is considered crucial for optimising outcomes in burn patients. However, the impact of delayed admission on hospital length of stay and clinical outcomes remains unclear, particularly in resourc...
Burn injuries can trigger a series of metabolic and catabolic responses that exert significant impacts on an individual’s nutritional status, necessitating continuous nutritional support and education to aid recovery. However, burn units in dev...
Background: Psychiatric disorders are common but often unrecognized complications in patients with burns. This study aimed to determine the association between psychiatric disorders and demographic and clinical factors in the Burn Unit of Dr. Cipto M...
Racial and ethnic minority burn patients face barriers to longitudinal psychosocial support after injury. Studies utilizing the Burn Model System (BMS) National Database report adult minority patients experience worse psychosocial outcomes in domains...
Fluid management is a critical component in the treatment of patients suffering with major burns. Clinicians must carefully balance judicious resuscitation with the risks of over- or under-resuscitation. We aimed to identify factors associated with s...
Background: Infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in burn patients. This study aimed to analyze the evolution of MDR bacteria over a five-year period at Coimbra Burns Unit (CBU) i...
Prescribed fires and wildfires are common in wetland ecosystems across the Southeastern United States. However, the wetland burned area has been chronically underestimated across the region due to (1) spectral confusion between open water and burned...
Background: Burn victims admitted in burn intensive care units (ICU) are at a high risk of nosocomial infections generated by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This systematic review aims to estimate the incidence of MRSA among burn...
Biomass burning smoke is often a significant source of airborne fine particles in regional areas where air quality monitoring is scarce. Emerging sensor technology provides opportunities to monitor air quality on a much larger geographical scale with...
Iatrogenic burns are unpleasant and sometimes difficult to explain to patients. Podiatric surgeons routinely use electrosurgical devices to cut and coagulate tissue during surgical procedures. Although advances in technology have made electrosurgery...
Background/Objectives: Burn patients are particularly vulnerable to microbial colonization and healthcare-associated microorganisms due to extensive skin barrier disruption, prolonged hospitalization, immune imbalance, and frequent invasive procedure...
The treatment of severe burn injuries, which occur particularly in the context of armed conflicts, is based on a multimodal treatment concept. In addition to complex intensive care therapy, the surgical reconstruction options of plastic surgery and t...
Background: Severe burn injuries involving the face and scalp have profound physical and psychosocial consequences, and represent the greatest reconstructive challenge in plastic surgery. One comprehensive solution involves the sequential application...
The aim of this study was to describe the timing of venous thromboembolism diagnosis in patients with severe burns and determine the relationship between venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and venous thromboembolism development in a large trauma hosp...
Background: Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe, potentially life-threatening mucocutaneous reactions classified based on body surface area (BSA) involvement: SJS affects less than 10% BSA, SJS/TEN ove...
Research Highlights: The effects of fire on birds in the most northern parts of the boreal forest are understudied. We found distinct differences in bird communities with increasing fire severity in two vegetation types with naturally different burn...
Background: Burn patients are highly susceptible to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), and contaminated near-patient surfaces can act as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant organisms (MROs). Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) room disinfection is increasingly use...
The Hungry Bob fuels reduction project was part of a 12-site National Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) network of experiments conducted across the United States from the late 1990s through the early 2000s to determine the regional differences in applyin...
Open pile burning (OPB) forest residues have been limited due to several concerns, including atmospheric pollution, risk of fire spread, and weather conditions restrictions. Air Curtain Burner (ACB) systems could be an alternative to OPB and can avoi...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the strategies chosen to contain the spread, such as social isolation and use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer, were suspected to increase the risk of domestic accidents, especially burns. The aim of this study wa...
As the frequency and size of wildfires increase, accurate assessment of burn severity is essential for understanding fire effects and evaluating post-fire vegetation impacts. Remotely-sensed imagery allows for rapid assessment of burn severity, but i...
Prescribed burning is a major source of a fine particular matter, especially in the southeastern United States, and quantifying emissions from burning operations accurately is an integral part of ascertaining air quality impacts. For instance, a crit...
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Burns affect Australia’s First Nations children more than other Australian children, they also experience longer lengths of stay in tertiary burns units and face barriers in accessing burn aftercare treatment. Data sets from two studies were combined...
Backgroundand objectives: Burn patients represent a challenging cohort because the injuries entail a vulnerability to colonisation by microorganisms. The ensuing infections can lead to serious complications and, in many cases, to the death of the bur...
A new supervised burned area mapping software named BAMS (Burned Area Mapping Software) is presented in this paper. The tool was built from standard ArcGISTM libraries. It computes several of the spectral indexes most commonly used in burned area det...
Little has been reported on the effects of repeated prescribed burning on southern United States’ forest soils, especially when site preparation is not the prescribed fire objective. This study was aimed at identifying any correlations between...
Effective firefighting of major fires in fuel storage plants can effectively prevent or delay fire spread (domino effect) and eventually extinguish the fire. If the number of firefighting crew and equipment is sufficient, firefighting will include th...
With wildfires becoming more frequent and severe in fire-prone regions affected by warmer and drier climate conditions, reducing hazardous fuels is increasingly recognized as a preventative strategy for promoting sustainability and safeguarding value...
Background: Hand burns are a key criterion for immediate referral to tertiary burn centres in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally, yet few studies have examined how paediatric burn epidemiology, surgical management, and length of stay (LOS) d...
Inhalation injury is a major contributor to mortality following burn injury. Despite recognised clinical criteria to guide the intubation of burn patients, concerns remain regarding overutilisation of intubation. Complications can arise as a result o...
Many burn survivors have pre-existing psychiatric conditions or develop psychological or psychiatric symptoms over the course of their hospital stay. Patients often present with low mood and neurovegetative symptoms which can be conceptualized as dem...
Burn mass casualty event occurrences are rare but will place significant burdens on any burn unit or healthcare system. Effective disaster preparedness plays a significant role in mitigating the aftermath of a burn mass casualty. The aim of this stud...
Following bushfires (also known as wildfires), impacted free-living wildlife with welfare or conservation concerns are captured and presented for veterinary assessment where possible. This study represents an in-depth retrospective analysis of the ve...
This study evaluated the association of body mass index (BMI) with mortality, length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), and length of hospital stay in major burn patients. It was a retrospective cohort study that was originally conducted from...
Burn injuries are a devastating critical care problem. In children, burns continue to be a major epidemiologic problem around the globe resulting in significant morbidity and death. Apparently, treating these burn injuries in children and adults rema...
Infection is still considered a serious threat to patients hospitalized in the burned unit [...]
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